Real Madrid valued the ruling on the European Super League issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union very positively. In an institutional statement through the club's television, Florentino Pérez affirmed that the ruling represents a historic day because it marks a before and after and opens the way to remove UEFA's monopoly, finally modernize football and put it at the height of the 21st century. "From today, European football is finally in the hands of the clubs," he said.
In his speech, the president of Real Madrid, the main promoter of the Super League, and the only club that has kept up with UEFA along with Barcelona, said that "in the coming days we will carefully study the scope of this resolution, but I do anticipate two conclusions of great historical significance. Firstly, that European club football is not and will never again be a monopoly. And secondly, that from today the clubs will be the masters of their destiny. The clubs fully see recognized our right to propose and promote European competitions that modernize our sport and attract fans from all over the world. In short, today the Europe of freedoms has triumphed again and today football and its fans have also triumphed."
And he adds: "In the face of the pressures we have received for more than two years, law, reason and freedom prevail today. And for this reason, Real Madrid will continue working for the good of football."
The president of Real Madrid had a memory for the moment in which the European Cup was created, of which he was a pioneer: "Just as almost seventy years ago we took a fundamental step in the history of football with the creation of the European Cup , today we once again have the duty and responsibility to give European football the new impetus it so badly needs. And to do so, we will continue to defend a modern project, fully compatible with national competitions, open to all, based on sporting merit and that will impose "effectively respect financial fair play. A project that will bring economic sustainability for all clubs and that above all will protect the players and excite fans around the world."
For Florentino Pérez, the project will still encounter difficulties: "We will do it despite the campaigns we have suffered and which, without a doubt, will intensify from today. But no one said that ending a monopoly after so many decades would be easy. "We are facing a great opportunity to improve European club football. Football at the height of the 21st century, with transparent governance, that knows how to coexist with new technologies and that once again provokes the passion and emotion that fans really need." .
Pérez sent a message to the clubs that left the Super League due to threats from UEFA: "Allow me to tell the European clubs that we are at the beginning of a new time in which we can work freely through constructive dialogue, without threats, without acting against anything or anyone and with the aim of innovating and modernizing football to continue feeding the passion of the fans. From today, the present and the future of European football are finally in the hands of the clubs, the players and of its fans. Our destiny belongs to us and we have a great responsibility before us. This day will mark a before and after. It is a great day for the history of football and for the history of sport," said Florentino Pérez solemnly.
