At Real Madrid we welcome with enormous satisfaction the decision adopted by the Court of Justice of the European Union, which is responsible for guaranteeing our principles, values and freedoms.
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 see our right to propose and promote European competitions that modernize our sport and attract fans from all over the world fully recognized. In short, today the Europe of freedoms has triumphed again and today football and its fans have also triumphed.
In the face of the pressures that 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.
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 achieve this, we will continue to defend a modern project, fully compatible with national competitions, open to all, based on sporting merit and that will effectively impose respect for 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.
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Institutional statement by President Florentino Pérez
Institutional statement by President Florentino Pérez
NEWS.12/21/2023
At Real Madrid we welcome with enormous satisfaction the decision adopted by the Court of Justice of the European Union, which is responsible for guaranteeing our principles, values and freedoms.
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 see our right to propose and promote European competitions that modernize our sport and attract fans from all over the world fully recognized. In short, today the Europe of freedoms has triumphed again and today football and its fans have also triumphed.
In the face of the pressures that 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.
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 achieve this, we will continue to defend a modern project, fully compatible with national competitions, open to all, based on sporting merit and that will effectively impose respect for 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.
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 was easy.
We are facing a great opportunity to improve European club football. A 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.
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. fueling the passion of the fans.
From today, the present and future of European football are finally in the hands of the clubs, the players and their 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 sports.
by ManuMora98
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This could be it. His greatest legacy.
Revolutionising European football, just like Bernabeu.
Fuck UEFA and ECA especially NAS. I’d love to see their faces and their stupid threats now.
Wonderful day for football. State owned clubs will no longer dwarf other clubs!
Can some one explain this to me 
I’ll wait and see what this next super league looks like. If it’s as dumb as the last one it can fuck off.
Don Presi. He stood his ground.
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Can’t wait for what surprise it will bring.
In papa Perez we trust💯
Damn, I’m going to really miss the UCL theme and the UCL patch on the kit.
I’m really in for the Super League, just because I know Perez is doing the right thing. The PL is getting more and more money each year, where other European clubs are less stable each year passing, except a few like Madrid.
For sure, everything has been already agreed between Madrid, Barca and the joining clubs, which we will find our pretty soon who the clubs are.
In my opinion there will be top clubs from every league except the Premier League. So imagine, a club like Marseille, with all the prestige they have and a few billion euroes on top of that? Same with clubs like Dortmund, AC and Inter Milan, Juventus, Napoli.. they would finally be able to afford top players and actually make the league more interesting.
If the SL project goes superb, even better than the english clubs, I’m sure even PL clubs will ask to join after a few years.
Looks like the only loser here might be UEFA if they kick the prestigiuous clubs out of the CL, but who is gonna play? Empoli? Or maybe the PL teams between themselfes? Good luck with that.
Pretty sure almost all European Union clubs asked to join, except the Brexit ones. The would not have taken it to the court if this was not the case. Everything with the clubs has already been agreed and signes for sure.
looking forward to how everything plays out from here on out, then. and i wonder just how badly uefa is gonna take this lol
Interesting! I Hope all what he said comes true cause the PL for sure is destroying club football right now!
This could very well destroy football. Super league means what? Another chanpions? So the teams will have league, domestic cup, chanpions or whatever fifa theybqualifybfor, súper league, and national team committments?
Or the súper league teams go out of the domestic leagues and only play each other?
I don’t like fija and uefa, but there can’t be 50 competitions.
Quality will suffer as well as the players. Squads will have to increase significantly to do this.
Now you can see all the clubs saying no, rejecting the project, saying *earn it on the pitch* but I’m 100% sure, that when shit will be close to launching, when they will see the potential money they can get without UEFA tax, they will do anything to be a part of it.
As much as I love Madrid and appreciate what Perez has done for the club, why do we need a Super League? Have you seen how much players from almost every league in the world are complaining about playing too many games? Look at the injuries we’ve had this season, and it isn’t even Christmas yet. If this keeps going on, we’ll be seeing longevity fall down to 3-5 years. More games is not the answer.
**”We will have to remind UEFA who Real Madrid is.” ,** Florentino Perez
Now he needs to elaborate a better concept for Superleague and we gucci
Common Perez W
Fuck yeah papa Pérez, fix this sport!
hi everyone, Juventus fan here, just wanted to say this is a massive win for my and your club, we have huge respect for Perez. Unfortunately Agnelli has been purged but we knew he was right all along to follow Perez and believe in this great project. Fuck UEFA and the political establishment that wants to strip the power from the clubs that actually generate money. Juventus was brutally threatened by UEFA to leave the project but most of the fans were still aligned in its favor. I believe this is a new great beginning for football in europe. So yeah thank you Real Madrid and thank you Florentino Perez
The biggest challenge to SL is winning the fans over after the first time. So much misinformation is out there people are judging without reading.
There must be info sessions and kick ass interviews and presentations to make others understand. If we get the fans’ backing, then we win this.