The super-league plans of some European top clubs have failed crash. An association that does not participate in the controversial project is Paris Saint-Germain. PSG-Boss Nasser Al-Khelaifi now revealed details of the planning.
“I could have taken the check more than 400 million euros. They invited me. When I canceled, they said that they did not invite me – that sums me together,” Al-Khelaifi said in an interview with the ” BBC “.
Straight Florentino Pérez, President of Real Madrid, wanted to get PSG into the boat. “Pérez spoke and said at the Champions League game with me: ‘We have to find a point where we can talk to you.’ I was very hard to him, “Al-Khelaïfi recalled and added:” I said I would like to talk, but if he makes things behind my back, I’m not interested. “
Basically, Al-Khelaïfi can understand the thoughts of super-league founders, “but we can not say, ‘You are a small club, you’re out.’ It must be an open system under the umbrella organization in which everyone is respected “.
Twelve top clubs had announced in April 2021 the founding of a Super League, but the plan after massive protests of leagues, associations and fans quickly rejected again.
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In addition to Juventus Turin, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, the two Milan Large Clubs Inter and Ac, Atlético Madrid and the FC Arsenal, FC Chelsea, FC Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Manchester City.
In addition to PSG, FC Bayern also took a distance from the project. “We are currently experiencing the most fundamental change that the football has ever experienced. That’s why we struggle at the forefront that it can not be that investors can pump unlimited money in clubs,” said the CEO Oliver Kahn.