{"id":1215412,"date":"2022-10-03T12:45:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/03\/real-madrid-boss-perez-still-committed-to-european-super-league\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:45:30","slug":"real-madrid-boss-perez-still-committed-to-european-super-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/03\/real-madrid-boss-perez-still-committed-to-european-super-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid boss\u00a0Perez still committed to European Super League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/skysports-florentino-perez_5348888-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Florentino Perez\" title=\"Florentino Perez\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florentino Perez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has reaffirmed his club\u2019s commitment to a European Super League (ESL) and says football does not recognise that the game in its present form is \u201csick\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Real were one of 12 European clubs\u00a0to sign up to the ESL\u00a0in April 2021 but it collapsed after a fan backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Real, Barcelona and Juventus have yet to formally abandon the project.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo solve a problem, you need to start by recognising you have a problem,\u201d said Perez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd our beloved sport is sick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 12-team Super League, including Premier League sides Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham, was greeted with widespread condemnation from supporters and sparked protests outside grounds in England.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But speaking at Real Madrid\u2019s general assembly, Perez said future generations of fans were focusing on different types of entertainment and made a comparison with tennis when he highlighted what he sees as football\u2019s inadequacies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNadal and Federer played each other 40 times in 15 years. So far, Nadal and Djokovic have faced each other 59 times in 16 years. Is this boring? These historic clashes have grown tennis as a whole,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn football the figures are staggering. It turns out we have played Liverpool, a historic team with six European Cups, only nine times in 67 years. And only three times in Madrid. We have only played Chelsea four times in the history of the European Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perez made reference to an ongoing case at the European Court of Justice, which is due to make an interim ruling in December about whether European governing body Uefa should be allowed to have a monopoly over organising club competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Perez also rejected the Super League proposals would have meant the end of domestic leagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Super League format will never be an obstacle stopping a constructive and free dialogue to address the very serious problems in European football. Problems that we must urgently solve,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"yezxPLS7d_k\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cocoa farmers worried about galamsey activities taking over farmlands (30-9-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yezxPLS7d_k?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florentino Perez Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has reaffirmed his club\u2019s commitment to a European Super League (ESL) and says football does not recognise that the game in its present form is \u201csick\u201d. 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