🤬 UEFA, LaLiga and Barça: Real boss Pérez takes aim at them all | OneFootball

Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid, used his speech at the annual general meeting to directly and unequivocally attack UEFA and LaLiga.

The president of Real Madrid reiterated that the club was forced to respond to practices he considered "abnormal" and even illegal.

The first jab was aimed at UEFA, criticizing their attempt to prevent clubs from organizing their own tournaments and the design of competition formats that "harm the fans." He also pointed out the pressure to hold games in Asia, near China, as the organization's executives "are accountable to their voters."

"It is not normal for UEFA to try to dictate our fate and impose competition formats that harm the fans. One must consider that their officials are accountable to their voters. That's why we are forced to hold games in Asia, near China," emphasized the Real boss.

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Most of the criticism was directed at LaLiga president Javier Tebas. Pérez called the comparison of the game in Miami with an NFL game "absurd" and emphasized that the attempt to enforce games outside Spain was not supported by all clubs. He specifically mentioned that the access of Barcelona and Villarreal to additional financial incentives for games in Miami was an unusual practice.

Another point of contention was Spanish refereeing. Pérez called it a "disgrace" that FIFA had not nominated Spanish referees for the recent Club World Cup. The president of Real Madrid did not hesitate to address the Negreira case, describing it as "not normal" that Barcelona had paid the vice president of refereeing more than eight million euros during a period that coincided with their best results.

"It is not normal that Barcelona paid the vice president of referees more than 8 million euros over at least 17 years. For whatever reason. The vice president of referees held important positions. Coincidentally, this period coincides with Barcelona's best results in our country."

Finally, Florentino Pérez positioned himself as a leader of a necessary "fight" and emphasized that Real Madrid is "possibly the only club in Europe with the necessary strength" to tackle these issues.

Someone certainly had enough of it.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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