Real Madrid is not giving up. As the new Champions League formula takes off, the Madrid club, under the leadership of Florentino Pérez, is relaunching its Super League 2.0 project. During a recent speech at Harvard Business School, José Angel Sanchez, Pérez’s right-hand man, strongly criticized the current governance of European football while directly targeting clubs like PSG and Manchester City.
Sanchez compared UEFA to “musicians from the Titanic”, continuing to play as the ship sinks. “The system is over, we must organize our industry differently to guarantee the future of football,” he insisted. He particularly singled out the financial domination of club-states, “an unbalanced fight against countries with unlimited resources. »
Real Madrid wants a new model for football
Sanchez calls for a European Super League where clubs would hold decision-making power, like other international sports. This new competition would, according to him, guarantee “football of the highest quality all year round” and better meet the economic and sporting expectations of clubs.
Despite the failures of 2021 and the opposition of supporters, Real Madrid remains convinced of the need for this reform to compete with English economic powers and sovereign funds. Sanchez concludes: “We must take back control to secure our destiny. »
