Andrea Agnelli, former president of Juventus, returns to speak and does so with the Dutch newspaper Telegraaf. An interview on the issues of the Super League and the complicated relationships with football institutions such as UEFA and its president Aleksander Ceferin and FIFA led by Gianni Infantino: “It is not strange that there is only one candidate for the presidency of both UEFA and Fifa? Is this a healthy situation? Can we expect a change from these people? Ceferin and Infantino will do everything to stay in the center of power. I have no problem with Ceferin. If he calls me, I’ll answer. With me, friendship and personal feelings they don’t meddle in business. Aleksander is godfather to one of my daughters. I’m happy about that. It was the choice of the moment. He made a promise to God that if something happens to me, He will take care of her. Such a promise you can return or withdraw”.

Agnelli recounted how the idea of ​​a Superlega was born: “In 2019, Aleksander and I were ready. The top clubs of all the Eca leagues (around 130 European professional clubs at the time) agreed on a new format. The medium-sized clubs from the big leagues, the managers of the big leagues and some associations saw the new format as a threat. For this reason Ceferin backed out. The clubs were in favor of a renewed and improved European football system. When UEFA put a spoke in the works, projects outside UEFA were born to organize a new competition with all the ECA clubs. Whether in the end the thing will take hold will depend in part on the European Court of Justice. Because I didn’t fight for the change of UEFA from within? Internally it was a war that I failed to win, despite knowing that the current system does not offer a future to Ajax, Anderlecht, Celtic, Benfica, Panathinaikos and Red Star of Belgrade and many others. Then we don’t stand still, but we take other paths to get where we want to get with European club football.”

The former Juventus number one then returned to the Superlega: “It is necessary, because if it remains predictable as it is now, the public will move away from football. They will continue to watch international football in Holland whether Ajax, Feyenoord or PSV never have a chance to win or compete? So another European league with different divisions with a promotion and relegation scheme. On terms that give equal opportunities to clubs. Think of sixty to eighty clubs across Europe. With my 13 years of experience in the football industry, I know how things work, I’ve gathered ideas and I say it’s time for fairer leagues. Not leagues determined solely by trade, but by the markets where the most money is spent on football. European terms, the bigger markets also get the most Champions League tickets and therefore the biggest revenues.So, if the current system is maintained, the gap between English and Spanish clubs in particular and the others only increase. Maybe except for PSG and Bayern Munich. Instead we should aim for greater sporting democracy. Doesn’t a Polish club have the right to achieve success? Do Polish fans not have enough passion for football?”