Javier Tebas has taken advantage of a new appearance before the media to once again criticize Real Madrid and Barça, which he has insinuated is subject to the opinion of the president of the white club. The president of LaLiga has linked the absence of the Catalans in the employers' association meeting, which will be held this Wednesday in Dubai, with a call from Florentino Pérez.
"I suppose he received the call from whom we all know, from Florentino, and to train (...) They have been training online for days," explained the LaLiga executive upon his arrival in Doha for the World Cup, who "as of today" does not know if the entity chaired by Joan Laporta will be in the assembly. "They were informed and warned since September 6. The budget was approved in the ordinary general assembly with a special section called 'Investment in Dubai'. Barça was signed up with the treasurer and Mateu Alemany until three days ago," he recalled. about a meeting for which all the First teams and the 22 Second teams are summoned. For its part, Espanyol will be represented in Dubai by its CEO, Mao Ye, and Girona by its president, Delfí Geli.
On the other hand, Real Madrid, which initially said that it would not be in Dubai, citing the illegality of the assembly, will finally be present "by videoconference", as Tebas confirmed. "He will be present with the same lawyer from the Super League, with Clifford Chance. The president of Real Madrid does not want the other clubs to grow, that is the reality," Tebas criticized the Madrid leader, with whom he has no contact: "I think Madrid's phone has been lost."
Unlike Madrid and despite the criticism, the person in charge of the Spanish League did build bridges with the Barça executives, whom he encouraged "to call" to solve the problems, although at the same time he urged them to forget the 'levers' to focus on "savings", on "reducing the wage bill". "Barça has resorted to everything that we have applied and they have lost everything. We are applying the rules that correspond to Barça and to all the clubs", defended Tebas in reference to possible regulations against future 'levers'.
Ultimately, Tebas concluded that "Barça is a great club and is above managers, presidents." "He has an impressive resource capacity. They have great professionals at the club and in the end they will find their way. The levers are something more than the media and Laporta, who give him the microphone and he talks about everything, like me," he said with a smile on the culé leader.
Tebas also took advantage of the occasion to return to defend his "football model" against the one that Real Madrid and Barça propose with the Super League: "The one they defend destroys the other. It is impossible to understand each other like this. We have reports that speak of the damage that the Super League would do to the League. They only talk about respecting the weekends, but they would hurt us just the same". He also once again criticized the role of FIFA and its president in this matter, "of which he speaks little": "In the Super League documents there was a number, 01, which belonged to Gianni Infantino. He denies it. The one who shut up grants".
In the coming months, a judicial resolution will come out in Luxembourg that could agree with the promoters of the Super League, but Thebes is calm, since the response of the courts "is not binding." "It is one more issue against UEFA, in its position of monopoly. I have not been the maximum defender of UEFA, I have criticized it, but in this I agree with them. The model has to follow, although perhaps they have to change certain issues," he said.
On the sporting front, he once again insisted on his desire for Messi "to be in the Spanish League". "If he wants to leave football, let him leave it in the Spanish League. It will depend on what Messi wants to earn, on the players that Barça sells, on the income...", he added about the Argentine, in addition to asking that "Cristiano Ronaldo will also come back to say goodbye" and predict that Mbappé "will be in the Spanish League at some point."
