The future of the Super League already has a date. It will be on December 21 when the Court of Justice of the European Union issues its ruling. That day, in Luxembourg, it will be decided whether or not UEFA has a monopoly on organizing club competitions.
Those in charge of organizing the new Super League are optimistic weeks before the ruling. Both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are also, the only two clubs that remain in the project after the last resignation of Juventus, under great pressure from UEFA to do so. Apparently, it is not so much, for the interests of him, Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga. That seemed in the meeting with the clubs last Monday, in which he showed some concern.
If finally the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, travels to Barcelona on Saturday to watch the classic from the Olímpic Lluís Companys box, something that did not seem so clear last night unlike what was thought hours before, he and Joan Laporta will talk about the future of the Super League, a project that both support, although with some nuances.
Laporta is a supporter of the Super League. He has repeated it actively and passively, but he is not about breaking abruptly with either UEFA or the European leagues. The president of Barça has always said that consensus must be sought. That he wants a very strong and spectacular European competition based on meritocracy, but also for the Spanish League to be interesting. Of course, perhaps with a reduction of the twenty teams that now make up the First Division.
Florentino’s position is much more radical. Totally opposed to the president of LaLiga, he is in favor of a total break. Those who know him best say that he is determined that the Super League be part of the legacy that he wants to leave when he leaves the presidency of Real Madrid. For this reason, he has had no problem leading a project that he himself presented on television. Already tired, they explain in Madrid that he is already preparing his succession, but that first he wants to leave both the new Santiago Bernabéu and the Super League as an outstanding legacy, a project that he considers key for the future of football clubs..
Now we have to wait until December 21, the date on which it will be known if the Super League has a future. If the ruling is positive for the supporters of the new competition, it will be necessary to see if the position of Florentino Pérez or that of Joan Laporta prevails. Before, therefore, the League classic is played.