"Everything could start in five months": the exclusive explanations of the secretary general of the Super League

"We want to create the best football".

With these words, Anas Laghari, secretary general of the Super League, details to the Parisian, during a video interview, the outlines of the project launched to everyone's surprise on the night of Sunday to Monday by twelve of the biggest clubs of the world.

Close to Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid and of the organization "The Super League", Anas Laghari evokes the desire to create a competition "that everyone wants to see, which makes people dream, young people for renew a football that has entered the madness of transfers and money ”.

Why now ?

The idea of ​​a Super League is not new. The bosses of the founding clubs started from an observation: “The younger generations are less interested in football, focus on the console or something else and only connect for the big matches. But these great matches rarely happen, ”explains Anas Laghari. As an example, he cites the upcoming Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid and Chelsea, the first ever confrontation between these two giants of European football.

"We also note a frustration among players who want to play these great games against these great players," he adds.

Neymar dreamed of playing against Messi (

Editor's note: in the knockout stages of the Champions League

).

He was injured and maybe he will never be able to play against Messi.

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"Hard to understand, according to the secretary general of the Super League.

The fans, we're going to lose them.

"As to whether the Covid-19 health crisis had an influence:" It accelerated the problems and the urgency to find a solution.

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Who finances?

What repercussions?

Anas Laghari confirms the information released by the American bank JP Morgan on Monday.

The Super League will go into debt to the tune of 3.5 billion euros in order to create "a stable business thanks to this base of 12 great teams".

“Football is a field that does not make money,” he explains.

There is real frustration with this unstable system, which is based on a club's results in the Champions League.

A manager makes a three-year plan, but it can have a difference of several hundred million euros depending on his results.

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To avoid this, each of the Super League participants would be allocated a minimum amount.

The new organization also promises benefits for the world of football.

“We have a solidarity committee that will oversee the distribution of funds and ensure transparency,” says Anas Laghari.

We are talking about 400 million euros, it's huge.

Today, UEFA distributes 130 million euros between 54 federations, we are ready with UEFA to distribute more money but that this money arrives on the grounds of Europe.

"

The Super League from September 2021?

The secretary general regrets the closed position of UEFA and its president Aleksander Ceferin. "We are ready to sit around a table, we only ask for a dialogue", supports Anas Laghari, who does not fear sanctions against the clubs or the players concerned. The Super League has "prepared for this" and the threats of exclusion are "not legal", he assures. The schedule could accelerate. In the event of an agreement with UEFA, the competition could see the light of day as early as September 2021. And in the event of disagreement? “Everything could also start in five months,” says Anas Laghari.

Finally, the secretary general of the Super League rejects all accusations of "closed league". “There will be a quarter of teams renewed each year,” he explains. In Ligue 1, there are three relegations per year. Is it also a closed league? With 12 participants on the clock at this stage, the Super League has yet to convince three permanent members to join it. PSG and German clubs will be consulted in the coming hours. “No one has turned down an invitation at this stage,” concludes Anas Laghari.