If only one remains, it will be him.
Andrea Agnelli is sure: the Super League, out of the hat Sunday, April 18 before falling like a breath two days later, it is the future for football.
At the origin of the project with a few others, the president of Juventus Turin since 2010 gave Tuesday afternoon
(Editor's note: therefore before the withdrawal of the six English clubs)
several interviews published in the Italian press on Wednesday, where he tries to justify this new competition so much maligned.
"We were all born as a game and have statutes and rules of the game, but we can no longer roll the dice and see what figure comes out, today we are an industry of 25 billion", he explains in the Corriere dello sport.
In La Repubblica, the wealthy heir to the family that runs Fiat, based in Turin, adds that “Football is no longer a game but an industrial sector and it needs stability.
We need tough economic and financial rules like those established in the Super League.
Between our clubs, there is a blood pact, we will move forward.
The project has a 100% chance of success.
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Real boss Florentino Perez convinced of the need for the project
Courageous remarks in the face of the almost general and immediate outcry after the announcement of the creation of this Super League. Words that have also since been swept away by the withdrawal in a few hours of the six English clubs, in order Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea in the early morning. And it is not over, since the Ansa agency
(Editor's note: the main Italian press agency)
, citing an Inter Milan leader, ensures that the Lombard club will also withdraw from the project while AC Milan should also throw in the towel. For the last four potential survivors (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and therefore Juve), nothing is done, one way or the other.
Dropped by his so-called partners, castigated by UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, mocked by the European press, Andréa Agnelli can always count on the support of his Real counterpart, Florentino Perez, just as convinced as he is of the necessity of the project, and of its trainer, Andréa Pirlo. According to TuttoJuve.com, which quotes BeIN Sports, the No. 1 of the Old Lady would be on the verge of resignation, which the club has denied.