Javier Tebas President of LaLiga, was the protagonist of the breakfasts of the New Economy Forum. A talk by Javier Tebas that was presented by Miguel Cardenal, who was president of the Higher Sports Council.
The president of LaLiga spoke about his relationship with Florentino Perez and especially the Super League. Tebas highlighted the work of Florentino Pérez at the head of Real Madrid, but criticized his football model, the Super League.
Relationship with Florentino Perez
“As for the relationship with Florentino, it is a cultural issue, not something personal. I know what he thinks and what he says, there are two models. It is a model of strong national competition against the model that has led us to catastrophe until 2014. And there is no other. Is it impossible? Well, when there are two models of I’ll give you my house and you can stay here… Today, the majority of Spanish football wants a strong, centralised competition, Fair Play… The Super League, and all the governments of Europe say this except the Spanish one, goes against that model.”
Super League
“All the projects that Florentino Pérez is involved in occupy and worry me. He competes with Santiago Bernabéu to be the best president of Real Madrid, but when he puts his ideas into organizing football, I don’t see it. In April 2021, when he spoke at El Chiringuito, he said ‘don’t worry, we collect everything and distribute it to the rest’, as in feudal times. And in the Assembly he said that they had come to save football, that messianic concept.”
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“In LaLiga we are in favour of clubs making the most of their stadiums. I am not a town planning councillor. What I want is for Madrid to resolve this because I think it is good for the stadium to be fully operational. I hope they resolve it. They have our full support because that is the philosophy. Just because I am at odds with their president I am not going to say anything else. Madrid is a very well-managed club, it has its own reserve funds from what it has been earning, it has sufficient funds to deal with this situation. It worries me because it is a problem within its strategic plan, but it has the capacity and other things keep us up at night, not Madrid.”
