Amazon: "The Super League was far too exclusive" (Alex Green)

"We weren't interested (in the European Super League). From next season onwards, we will offer a Champions League fixture in Italy and Germany. We want all the big teams to participate in this competition, which we will broadcast. Never say never (in the event of a future Super League). But it will take a long time before there is a new movement of this kind. From my point of view, the benefits of football come from a team's ability to get promoted or relegated. That's part of the joy, the frustration, the passion of the fans, to see their team succeed or fail..." said Alex Green, managing director for sport for the European branch of the American e-commerce group Amazon, to the French sports daily L'Équipe on 29/05/2021.

"We have top games but they have to mean something, it's part of the pride of broadcasting a competition. That's why the Premier League works in the UK, Ligue 1 Uber Eats in France and the Champions League in Europe. Of course these competitions are evolving, they will continue to change but the Super League was far too exclusive," continued Alex Green.

"We are…