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

Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid, used his speech at the UEFA General Assembly to launch a direct and unequivocal attack on 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 its attempt to prevent clubs from organizing their own tournaments and the creation of competition formats that “harm the fans.” He also pointed out the pressure to play matches in Asia, near China, since the organization’s executives are “obligated to their voters.”

“It is not normal for UEFA to try to dictate our destiny and impose competition formats that harm the fans. But we must remember that their officials are accountable to their voters. That’s why we are forced to play matches in Asia, near China,” emphasized the Real boss.

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The majority of the criticism was directed at LaLiga president Javier Tebas. Pérez called the comparison between the game in Miami and an NFL game “absurd” and stressed that the attempt to force matches outside Spain was not supported by all clubs. He specifically mentioned that Barcelona and Villarreal’s access 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 any Spanish referees for the recent Club World Cup. The president of Real Madrid did not hesitate to address the Negreira case, calling it “not normal” that Barcelona had paid the vice president of the refereeing committee 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 the referees more than 8 million euros over at least 17 years. For whatever reason. The vice president of the referees held important positions. Coincidentally, this period coincides with Barcelona’s best results in our country.”

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

Someone really had enough of it this time.

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

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