Joan Laporta put OM in an embarrassing situation this Friday. During the interview at the RAC1, the president of Barça affirmed that the Phocaeans wanted to join the Super League, like other European clubs. Just that. “Besides Barça and Madrid, there are the Italians: Inter, Milan, Naples and Roma. There are also French teams like Olympique de Marseille and the three Portuguese teams, Sporting, Benfica and Porto, who would like to come. There are also the Dutch teams (Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV) and the Belgian teams of Bruges and Anderlecht. Obviously, this statement quickly reached the ears of the Marseille management.
The latter immediately denied it. “Pablo Longoria already spoke publicly on December 21 and the club’s position has not changed” responds the club, questioned by RMC Sport. That day, the president of OM firmly rejected the idea of participating in the Super League. “I consider that having three or four competitions organized by so many different organizers is a football disaster. If this is the case, I see a difficult future for the world of football. This is not the time for division. (…) There is not a single serious conservation on this theme (the Super League, editor’s note). This is why we presented our application to the ECA, to try to propose changes. On the question of the Super League and OM, I want to completely deny it. That has the merit of being clear.
