To understand whether or not there will be a total reconciliation between Uefa and the rebel club, after the clash over the Super League, we must wait for the board on Friday 23 April. In the meantime, however, Aleksander Ceferin, head of continental football, wanted to clarify a few things on this matter. He did so in an interview with the Slovenian media 24ur. Starting with Andrea Agnelli, Juventus president, his former friend: Ior too naive to his promises? I may have been naive, but I always say it’s better to be naive than a liar. Then Ceferin tells his side of events: When did I hear him? On Saturday I got calls from 5 of the 12 clubs, they told me they would sign. So I called Agnelli and he told me it wasn’t true, that they were str….and, that it was all made up. I told him if that was the case we could come out with a public statement. He told me: “Perfect, prepare a draft”. When he saw it he said he didn’t really like the draft, that he would change it a bit and call me back. But he didn’t call again and turned off the phone.
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The Uefa number one then continues on the Super League: In my opinion, there has never been a Super League. It was an attempt to establish a phantom league of the rich that followed no system, which would not have taken into account the pyramid of football in Europe, its tradition and culture. They all underestimated us. Ceferin wanted to then congratulate Nasser Al Khelaifi (Psg), who became president of the ECA: Football needs good people in important roles and he knows how to take care of the interests of several clubs and not just his. This must be a prerequisite for carrying out this task. I am looking forward to working with him. It’s still: I spoke to the owner of Roma and the owner of Marseille, who are American billionaires and have publicly stated that they would never enter such a league because they respect the fans and the tradition of their clubs.
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Finally, Ceferin talks about the rebels: If these clubs want to play again in our competitions, they will have to get close to us and we will have to evaluate what happened, but I don’t want to go into details, as we are still talking to our legal team. We will have to assess what the situation is for a particular club and then see how it turns out, but first you have to show that you have some honesty to be able to expect a dialogue from the other side. We will certainly take into account the fact that the English clubs have admitted that they were wrong. Real Madrid’s exclusion from the Champions League semi-finals? There is a relatively small probability, we risk that the TV shows us a request for compensation if the semifinals are not played. But in the future it will be a little different. The doors of UEFA are open and at the same time everyone will have to suffer the consequences of their actions. He will certainly never have a personal relationship with certain people again.
April 22, 2021 (change April 22, 2021 | 13:07)
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