Bernd Reichart, CEO of the corporate backing a proposed Super League, stated on Wednesday that European soccer is shedding its main position in world sport and that golf equipment should not maximising their potential below the present system.
Reichart highlighted a report revealed in May by knowledge and analytics platform Football Benchmark, which stated solely 5 of Europe’s high 32 golf equipment recorded a revenue within the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.
Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus have been amongst 12 golf equipment to announce a breakaway Super League in April 2021 however after a hostile response from throughout the sport and from followers and governments alike the transfer promptly collapsed.
All six English golf equipment plus Inter Milan, AC Milan and Atletico Madrid withdrew however Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus have continued to push the thought.
“European soccer is losing its leading role in world sports, and clubs are lagging behind in terms of their opportunities,” Reichart, who was introduced as A22 Sports Management CEO on Tuesday, instructed Reuters.
“The system has become quite unstable, it isn’t self-sustainable anymore. I think the clubs should be able to decide their fate, as they also bear all the (financial) risk. Most clubs agree that it can’t go on like that.”
One facet of the preliminary Super League proposition which angered followers was that it was a closed competitors for Europe’s elite golf equipment, however Reichart stated that was not the case.
“We don’t want to leave anyone behind. In our new approach there will also be promotion and relegation,” Reichart stated.
U.S. funding financial institution JP Morgan had been set to finance the Super League in 2021 however Reichart stated it should now be “starting from scratch”.
Reichart has additionally written to UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin in search of a gathering to debate points associated to the Super League, based on a letter obtained by Reuters.
UEFA didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark concerning the letter.
