Dig at Amorim? Benfica ally jabs at Milan: only one top player | OneFootball

The model for centralizing television rights continues to spark strong debate in domestic football and to warrant a firm stance from the Eagles’ hierarchy. Benfica SAD vice-president Nuno Catarino of Benfica addressed the issue and issued serious warnings about the future of the sector.

"The future worries us greatly, as we have said many times, as the President (Rui Costa) has said, as I have said, both within the League and in the appropriate forums," he said in an exclusive interview with BTV.

The executive criticized the current formula and explained the reasons that led Benfica to move forward with a formal initiative before the Assembly of the Republic. "The fact that we launched this petition is exactly because we believe we are following a recipe from 10 or 15 years ago for a reality that is no longer at all what it was 10 or 15 years ago," he stressed.

Nuno Catarino said the project is completely outdated in light of the modern challenges of Europe’s top competitions. "We believe this centralization project has some flaws, it is anachronistic, it is unsuitable. It is so unsuitable that the big examples always given were the Dutch market and the Italian market, and we have seen that these are two markets that are declining sharply," he stated.

To illustrate the decline in the quality of Italian football, the executive pointed to an example from last Sunday, coinciding with Ruben Amorim’s Milan - who prevented a player from moving to the Luz. "Just look at what Calcio is today compared to what it once was. We were watching Juventus v Milan last Sunday and there was only one top-level player left," he concluded.

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