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‘We don’t need UEFA!’ – Toni Kroos declares his support for the new Super League.
Toni Kroos of Real Madrid has claimed that UEFA is not necessary for European teams and is optimistic that the projected Super League will materialize.
With a fresh concept that would comprise 60–80 teams in a multi-divisional system, the Super League is once again in the works, albeit English clubs would not be included. It is a revised plan in which acceptance would depend on athletic performance rather than being given, as it was the first time.
Real Madrid veteran Kroos has blasted UEFA as being “no Samaritan” for European football and thinks that this system is advantageous for all parties involved, with Florentino Perez, his club’s president, being one of the people behind it.
“I think we will see the Super League. And I believe so for several reasons. The idea of the Super League has changed and deserves to be heard. If you look carefully from both angles, you will see that UEFA is by no means a great Samaritan for football fans and that the Super League has no plans, at least in the second attempt, to exclude any team, because there will be no permanent founding members.
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It is a sports competition, an open tournament, but managed by the clubs and not by UEFA, because these clubs believe that they do not need UEFA for that. I think this deserves at least one chance,” he said on his latest podcast Einfach mal Luppen.
“Although we have already talked about the loss of passion for football, I believe that the Super League has the opportunity to reverse that situation. Let there be more enthusiasm and emotion for the games that we will be able to see. Because in the end, let’s not fool ourselves, many people always say: ‘Who wants to see Real Madrid against Manchester City every week?’ But have you gotten tired of watching Federer against Nadal over and over again? I don’t. That’s my opinion,” he added.
Kroos further slammed UEFA for introducing the Nations League and labelled it a competition that “no one needs”. “I think we have only heard the UEFA side, and too often in my opinion. Why is it OK for UEFA to introduce a Nations League that no one needs? Suddenly no one asks them about it. That’s why I think it’s incredibly important to listen to other proposals like the Super League. I get the feeling that we are no longer being listened to,” he said.