MONTREUX (SWITZERLAND) (ITALPRESS) – “The action carried out by the 12 clubs is a meaningless, selfish project, fueled by greed. A cynical plan, which goes against what football should be. But we will not allow it”. From Montreux, at the end of the Executive meeting, Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin starts to counterattack. And confirming what was already announced yesterday in a press release, when the Super League was still an unconfirmed rumor, “the players who play in the teams that are part of this closed league will not be allowed to participate in the World Cup and the European Championships. We will do all that. which is in our power to ensure that this project is never realized “. For Ceferin the idea of the Super League “is equivalent to spitting in the face of all the people who work and love football. But we will not let them take it away. Uefa is not a question of money, the Super League yes, it is a question of interests of a dozen. For some people solidarity does not exist, there is only money in their pockets “. And Andrea Agnelli, resigning president of the ECA and now vice president of the newly formed Superlega, is the main recipient of Ceferin’s criticisms. “There is a small part of people blinded by greed, who do not care about anything else. Andrea Agnelli is one of the greatest disappointments, if not the greatest. I have never seen a person who lied like this all the time. I talked to him on Saturday afternoon, he just told me they were rumors, don’t worry, he would call me in an hour. But instead he turned off the phone. Greed is so strong that it defeats all right human values. But I stay calm, indeed, I’m happy that it happened because these people showed their true face “. Ceferin assures that it has the support of both FIFA and the European Union Commission, as well as the Italian Football Federation. “I repeat our no to the Superlega” the words of Gravina. “The only viable reform is that born from the Uefa proposal on the Champions League, any attempt to escape forward is inadmissible and harmful for European football and joining this project puts the Clubs themselves out of the context recognized by FIFA”. The number one of the FIGC also reiterates the importance of national championships: “The sporting and cultural heritage of individual competitions represents an added value for any international tournament, we want to defend the sporting merit and the possibility for each team to pursue a great dream, together with its supporters. Football belongs to the fans, it must be modernized, but not distorted. Football is participation and sharing, it is not an elite club “. (ITALPRESS). gm / red 19-Apr-21 16:37
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