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LaLiga Santander reiterated on Thursday that the proposed European Super League remains a serious threat to European football at a domestic level.
Furthermore, the Spanish top flight has accused the latest rewritten plans for the Super League of misrepresenting the ‘open shop’ model.
Javier Tebas believes that the Super League will only serve the needs of a handful of the biggest clubs, with small and medium teams being left without a voice.
“They say it will be 100 percent open, but the reality is that a few rich clubs are the only ones who will benefit from this model,” Tebas declared in a LaLiga statement.
“This was already presented, analyzed and rejected in 2019, and it is very complicated that from one year to the next these clubs will lose their place in the top tier of European football.”
The body chaired by Tebas also shot a stark warning that the refreshed Super League plans would demolish the domestic league system that is currently in place.
“Domestic leagues run the risk of disappearing with a Super League format,” he continued.
“If their model is based on ‘several divisions’, with an elite group ensuring they stay in the top flight, their model is not 100 percent open as they falsely promise.
“LaLiga wonders how it is possible to create a new competition with more teams and more games without it affecting the calendar and where are they going to get more revenue from if not by taking it away from the national leagues?”
According to the LaLiga Santander chief, the medium and small clubs all over Europe will be shut out by the Super League, which will make European football die in the form that it is currently recognized and accepted.
“In the short term, the Super League will mean an economic vacuum for the domestic leagues, but in the medium and long term it will also lead to a reduction in income for the Super League clubs themselves, thus destroying the entire industry: GDP, jobs and taxes,” he concluded.
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