On the pitch, Real Madrid is responding to FC Barcelona, crowned champion of Spain last season. First in the standings with five points ahead of the Blaugranas and winners of the last Clasico (2-1), the Merengues have regained momentum after a very complicated 2024/2025 season. But behind the scenes, the atmosphere is more tense with the Catalan rival. However, recent years have seen Florentino Pérez and Joan Laporte get closer. “If we ignore the quarrels, Barça and Real Madrid must help each other. I say this in all sincerity. Real Madrid is the first club in the world, but Barça is one of the big ones. The Clasico, the history and everything else, we have to consider that it is a club that is one of the greatest in the world. Why should we get angry?», Declared the boss of Casa Blanca during last year’s Assembly of Delegated Members.
A union of extremes which may have surprised, but justified by the common project of the European Super League. Today, everything was shattered. If Real Madrid received a favorable legal decision from a Madrid court and is demanding around 4.5 billion euros in compensation from UEFA, Pérez is now alone in his fight. At the beginning of the month, Joan Laporta let go of his occasional Madrid partner to get closer to the EFC (European Football Club, the new name of the ECA, the association of European clubs). “The president of the ECA invited us. We quietly accepted the invitation. We are for the peace of European football. We want to find an agreement and return to UEFA. This is what all clubs want. Coming here allows you to generate good things”declared Laporta on the microphone of Chiringuito.
Madrid and Barcelona return the favor
A rapprochement towards UEFA which logically delighted the president of the EFC, a certain Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. “Today I welcome a special guest. Sometimes friends disagree, that’s normal, but they always end up reconciling for the good of all. He brought his club back to life, both on the pitch with a young and talented team and off it with an exceptional new stadium.indicated the boss of the EFC and PSG. In today’s edition, Sport also confirms that this event participated in the divorce now complete between Pérez and Laporta. “Florentino – Laporta divorce with unresolved chapters. Relations between the presidents of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona have deteriorated in recent weeks, especially after several episodes in which La Liga and UEFA also played an important role.
Clearly, Madrid believes that Barça’s return to UEFA’s roots is a betrayal. Already neglected by the big English and Italian clubs, Florentino Pérez has lost his last ally in the battle for the Super League. Except that Barça also has grievances against Casa Blanca. The first concerns the Negreira affair. Passive until then, Real Madrid was more offensive. Sport reminds that the Merengue club “requested that a file be attached to his complaint file which he submitted to Court No. 1 of Barcelona, which included the statements made by Joan Gaspart, Toni Freixa, Alfons Godall and Albert Perrin to various media.” Recently summoned to appear in this case as a suspect, Barça logically did not appreciate the choice of the Madrid rival to put a spoke in its wheels. Finally, Madrid experienced the cancellation of the La Liga match in Miami between Villarreal and the Culés as a huge success. A meeting which was to bring in €5 million for the Blaugranas. But faced with the public declarations of the Merengues, the organizing company and La Liga decided to cancel everything. You will have understood, everyone goes blow for blow.
