Super League: "The goal is to save football" (F. Pérez, Real Madrid / European Super League)

"It is not only the rich who want the Super League, we are creating it to save football because we have reached a critical moment," said Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid CF and chairman of "The Super League", the company responsible to theoretically organise a European Super League, on the Spanish media El Chiringuito TV late on 19/04/2021.

"12 of the biggest European football clubs have come together to announce that they have agreed to create a new competition, the Super League, governed by its founding clubs," announced these 12 clubs on 18/04/2021. The project now appears to be abandoned as of 21/04/2021.

• Among them, 6 English clubs: Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC, Manchester United FC, and Tottenham Hotspur FC.
• 3 Spanish: Club Atlético de Madrid, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF.
• 3 Italian: AC Milan, FC Inter Milan and Juventus FC.

"If we can, the Super League will start in August 2021. We want to reach an agreement with UEFA and the other parties involved as quickly as possible. If we don't find an agreement, however, we will not go…