Football’s Premier League has been a big talking point.
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi compares to the world of tennis and condemns the proposal.
– Marca says self-interest has no place in sports.
It has been more than a year since discussions about the European Premier League, called the Super League, began. The hope was, and may still be, to bring together the biggest teams and compete with the UEFA Champions League.
This week, A22, the company that promotes the Premier League, held a meeting at UEFA headquarters with others Nasser Al-Khelaifi (UEFA president), Aleksander Ceferin (UEFA president) and Javier Tebas (La Liga president), according to Marca.
– They showed that they do not understand football and its ecosystem, says Al-Khelaifi about A22, according to the newspaper.
Al-Khelaifi compares to Federer and Nadal
Al-Khelaifi, who is also a Qatari businessman and president of the Paris Saint-Germain football club, strongly condemns the Premier League proposal. He takes two of tennis’ biggest stars, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, as examples of why it’s a bad idea.
They are two of the best athletes in history. Not because they played together all the time. They have worked hard. Every match counted, no matter what order they were playing against. Nadal and Federer have never asked for a closed league with the best players. They defended the tennis family, he says.
The PSG president believes that the fans’ voice is important in this matter.
– We have to think about them more. At the meeting, their voice was loud and clear. Speak from the heart. He says self-interest has no place in football, claiming fans are against the Premier League proposal.
The trio that wants to reach the Premier League
He lived the dream of the top clubs in the Premier League for 48 hours last year. After protests from the fans, many teams opted to withdraw and there was no Super League.
But in March earlier this year, it was reported that Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus had not abandoned plans and revived them.
