The plans for the European Super League have returned, with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus leading the movement. The trio has contacted over 50 clubs in order to create a league with 60-80 teams. Their plan remains to replace UEFA and the Champions League and generate more revenue for participating teams.
FIFA and UEFA have warned clubs to not go into the breakaway competition. In particular, the Premier League are working to pass a restriction that will forbid their clubs from participating in the tournament. With the plans for the Super League gaining traction quite fast, a huge conflict can be expected with UEFA for the Champions League to be done away with.
Toni Kroos supports the idea of the European Super League
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is one of the main figureheads behind the idea of the European Super League. Now Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has now openly backed the European Super League project.
Kroos told in his podcast, Einfach mal Luppen: “I think we will see the Super League. And I believe so for several reasons. The idea of the Super League has changed and deserves to be heard.”
“If you look carefully from both angles, you will see that UEFA is by no means a great Samaritan for football fans and that the Super League has no plans, at least in the second attempt, to exclude any team, because there will be no permanent founding members.”
“It is a sports competition, an open tournament, but managed by the clubs and not by UEFA, because these clubs believe that they do not need UEFA for that. I think this deserves at least one chance.”
The German World Cup winner further added: “Although we have already talked about the loss of passion for football, I believe that the Super League has the opportunity to reverse that situation.”
“Let there be more enthusiasm and emotion for the games that we will be able to see. Because in the end, let’s not fool ourselves, many people always say, ‘Who wants to see Real Madrid against Manchester City every week?’ But have you gotten tired of watching [Roger] Federer against [Rafael] Nadal over and over again? I don’t. That’s my opinion.”
“I think we can attract the fans and get them back to football, and it could also bring a completely different enthusiasm to the neutral fan. Because these matches are not only watched by the supporters of the clubs, but also by neutral fans.”
“And I think that, with the feeling that interest in football is waning, we would have the opportunity to increase all that again if we seriously addressed it.”
