Florentino Perez Never Loses, It’s Like You Don’t Know Him – Tebas

LaLiga president Javier Tebas has been talking about his Real Madrid counterpart Florentino Perez and he has said they have very different ideas about football.

Tebas was speaking at a Europa Press event and touched on various topical themes, including VAR and the failed European Super League.

“Florentino Perez never loses, it’s like you don’t know him,” said Tebas.

“This isn’t a personal issue, it’s just we have different ideas about football.

“Behind everything was Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, pushing, saying things…”

Tebas insisted that although the pair are on opposing sides of the European Super League debacle. This is not about Tebas vs Perez but about the integrity of football, he argues.

“For me it’s not a fight against Perez, honestly. It’s a battle for the ecosystem of European football,” said Tebas at the event in Madrid.

“Florentino has led this project, but it’s not a fight with him.

“What I mean is he’s a man you rarely hear admit he’s wrong.”

The LaLiga president clearly thinks Perez got it wrong on the European Super League, especially with his claims to be football’s saviour.

“He contradicts himself several times: he talks about COVID-19 but then says he’s been working on this for three years,” pointed out Tebas.

“What most annoyed me was that they claimed to be doing it to save football.

“If that was the case, why was it so secretive? They’ve been planning the Super League for 20 years and we all know it would be a disaster.”

Tebas went on to state that the Spanish league is a strong one and one that doesn’t need saving.

“Spain has a great championship which we should all be very proud of,” said Tebas.

“We haven’t asked for any bailouts, in fact we’ve given money to help out other sports; we’ve grown our audiovisual rights and audiences.

“[LaLiga Santander] is a Super League.”