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-Top news...
-Monday, April 19.

Yesterday evening

Under the cover of darkness
the Super League was officially launched.

Twelve of the largest clubs

-announced the spin-off league.
-Twelve clubs,

six from the Premier League,
to form a breakaway Super League.

Arsenal, Tottenham,

Chelsea, Liverpool,
Manchester City and Manchester United

join Barcelona,
Inter Milan, Atlético de Madrid,

Real Madrid, AC Milan and Juventus.

A huge upheaval in soccer.

Super clubs with these super players...

Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah, Kevin De Bruyne.

Supported by
a three and a half billion euro loan

from the US investment bank J.P. Morgan...

Billions from J.P. Morgan...

These teams receive

more than four times as much money
as the winners of the Champions League.

There will be a worldwide
war for television rights.

The Super League:
A profit-maximizing blockbuster event.

Like vampires, they came
in the middle of the night with the press release.

That was the first time
that I saw which clubs were joining.

I was naturally disappointed.

And I knew nothing about the bank.
I knew nothing about the money.

What stood out above all was the clear naming of

from J.P. Morgan
as the sponsor of the operation.

They were ready,
to invest billions of pounds.

They said
twelve clubs had signed.

That's never happened before.

They betrayed their own people. All of them.

People you had worked with
and trusted.

There seems to be a clear
and present betrayal shines through.

I knew this feeling of insecurity

from my work in soccer.

I couldn't believe
that this was happening.

I said, no, this is a nightmare.

It was like a knife in my body.

The knife I felt,
was the same that everyone felt.

We clearly have a battle ahead of us.

You can't satisfy everyone.

We are not all the same.

What drives soccer,
are the big teams.

Young viewers want big games

and drama.

Unpredictable games,
where anything can happen.

Something that picks up on why this game

is the best show in the world.

The Super League press release

was a direct confrontation.

I know about martial arts:

The more complicated the situation,
the more I concentrate.

Because for me

that was a declaration of war.

1 BILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE

RECORD TRANSFER

SUPER LEAGUE: THE GAME OFF THE FIELD

DAY THREE
APRIL 19, 2021

SPAIN

10 AM

We will see.

Do you do something
that is so complicated and difficult,

flies around at the last minute
there's always a lot of paper flying around.

SUPER LEAGUE FINANCIER

The work this weekend
was extremely hard.

The announcement at midnight
was probably the earliest possible time.

The signing
of the agreement by all teams

was simply an explosion of happiness.

FINAL MILAN 2016

Twelve clubs joined forces,

to fight the system that had not been
had not been shaken since 1955.

At the beginning, it was unclear how many people
would actually sit at the table.

Three? Seven? Ten?

We never thought
that we would be twelve.

And the big six in England...

Yes, getting six,
would be very difficult.

Everyone knew it would be controversial.

They knew there would be difficult
discussions with their fans.

But they thought it was important
for the further development of the sport.

ITALY

Good morning.

It was announced on that
famous April 19, 2021.

It was an interesting few days.

CHAIRMAN

I would say.

It was not unexpected.

But there was still a lot to do.

After the explosion of happiness

we said:
"Okay, we'd better get back to work."

Because everyone knew
that Monday would be a difficult day.

THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION

SWITZERLAND

Hello, hello.

We met on Monday

and were all very nervous.

These twelve clubs
generate a lot of money...

UEFA PRESIDENT

...and have great influence.

Then came the press conference.

We only knew
there were 400 journalists waiting.

I didn't know in advance
what I would be talking about.

The important thing for me was
that we got the ball rolling.

We wanted the European population to
population to jump ship.

The fans, the governments,
the whole of society.

Let's tell everyone what's going on.

I went in,
without anyone asking me beforehand:

"What are the questions?
What are the possible answers?

What can I say?"

I was completely isolated
in my shell.

For Aleksander Čeferin, the
introduction of the Super League is a failure.

He was surprised and undermined.

At that moment
his power and authority threatened to dry up.

He is fighting for his life.
The Super League is introduced,

he would be removed as
of European soccer,

after he had, to a certain extent
collapse for which he was responsible.

There would be no turning back from that.

As a lawyer, I made
many bad decisions.

I asked my father,
who had always been my mentor:

"When will I stop taking cases
stop taking cases so personally?"

He said, "If that happens,
you are no longer good."

Soccer is emotion.

Soccer is passion.

This is not a business.

We came in, we sat down.

Before that, I tried
to hide my feelings as much as possible.

But at the press conference

I had to be sincere
and not be tactical.

It is important to show
that you are human,

to admit that you are hurt.

When you open up, you are yourself.
I was at the press conference.

I must acknowledge the extraordinary situation
on the eve of this announcement

and address them during the night.

I can't say it any clearer at this point
say it any clearer:

UEFA and the soccer world
stand united

against the shameful,
selfish proposal,

we have seen in the last
24 hours.

He came from a
few clubs in Europe,

who are driven primarily by greed.

This idea is a slap in the face
of all soccer fans

and our society.

We will not allow this,

that they take soccer away from us.

This is about greed,
selfishness and narcissism.

As a criminal defense lawyer, I have
read out some negative things.

Sometimes I may seem
a bit too arrogant and aggressive,

but the moment
you are honest, people realize that.

Because there is not a lot of honesty
in sport or politics.

I am angry. I... am angry.

We have negotiated with 247 clubs.
We negotiated with the leagues.

We were
supported by the national associations.

Then we heard rumors
about meetings in dark rooms.

They speak
in their press release about solidarity...

They know
absolutely nothing about solidarity.

The seriousness of what is happening

required these words.

LALIGA PRESIDENT

Clear, clearly communicated words.

If you are walking on a tightrope,
you must not be careless.

You can't do things by halves.

The sports world is horrified.

We are hypnotized by men,
who normally lurk in the shadows

and discreetly do business behind a cloud
of smoke from expensive cigars.

They swapped
their suits for brass knuckles...

SOCCER COMMENTATOR

...and beat each other up
each other with cues.

It was like a live telenovela
in front of the world.

Andrea Agnelli...
Never have I seen a person who so often

and lied as persistently as he did.

We didn't know
that there were some snakes among us.

But now we know
and are working on it.

We will
also take legal action.

Come out in the middle of the night,

it is difficult,
to have a solution in the morning.

But I am of the opinion
that as soon as possible

banned from all our competitions
must be banned from all our competitions, as must the players.

Participants in a closed league

are
excluded from the World Cup and European Cup.

The most important institution
of European soccer

declares war on the biggest clubs.

That's crazy!

In all the years of my reporting

I have never experienced anything like this
press conference by the UEFA President.

He is loaded. He is angry.

...liars and snakes,
who are involved.

UEFA threatened all clubs,

that join the new Super League,
from other competitions.

Presumably there are laws here.

Can UEFA stop this Super League?
Can it exclude these clubs?

My colleagues said, "What the hell?"

Some people asked me
who had advised me.

I said,
if someone would advise me,

he would forbid me to talk like that.

The biting way Čeferin speaks

towards Agnelli, the betrayal
he addresses is so personal,

that it tore your heart out.

He wanted to
animate the soccer public,

By saying:
"Guys, you need to be angry too,

I'm not going to do this alone."
And it worked.

Soccer fans, all of us, come together
and stop this. It can be stopped.

Marches on stadiums...

EHEM. PLAYER

...fans coming together.
Don't let that happen.

EHEM. PLAYER

Mobilization and organization.

Čeferin spoke of snakes and liars.

What he did at that moment signaled
to the fans: "Stand up and attack."

Čeferin positioned himself as a populist
and said: "Fans, you are the infantry.

Turn against your kings."

It was an outburst of anger.
But you need a strong base.

Together we had to
bombard the media together.

THE DEATH OF ARSENAL

HEAD OF ARSENAL FAN ORGANIZATION

That is unacceptable. Without us.

We are democratic,

have over half a million members.
We argue and represent...

HEAD OF BRIT. FAN ORGANIZATION

...the interests of fans...

BY FANS, FOR FANS

...day in, day out.

The first thing I did was inform the fans.
The message I conveyed...

This is not a drill.
This is a call to arms.

We were immediately
in campaign mode to contest it.

STATEMENT FROM ARSENAL

We contacted the Premier League

and tried to start a dialog with Arsenal
to start a dialog.

No matter whether you're an Arsenal,
Chelsea or Manchester United fan.

We had to make this noise.

We are against the Super League.
That's how we fight against them.

We spoke
with fans in Italy and Spain...

MANAGER EUROP. FAN ORGANIZATION

...to synchronize the message
as synchronized as possible.

We managed a crisis.

"SERIOUS THREAT TO THE GAME"

We publicly asked Agnelli
to stop this crazy project.

Javier and Aleksander Čeferin
spoke to each other.

THE "GURUS" OF THE SUPER LEAGUE
LEAVE THE BAR...

I wrote to
all the important journalists in Europe.

LALIGA HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS

I saw a tweet
against the Super League,

I sent it to all those who had seen it in battle.

for the favor
of the soccer fans.

It's not about the clubs,
but their owners.

This... little mafia.

TOWER

We must remain steadfast.

Soccer is for the fans.
It has to stay that way.

The Super League
needs the English clubs.

We did what we could,
so that they would turn away.

And on Monday morning
things really got rolling.

We fed a monster.

A store for bigwigs.

EHEM. PLAYER

TV MODERATOR

-Football belongs to the working class.
-Globalization.

ACTORS

TV CRITIC

Just greed, greed, greed.

Prince William is against the Super League.

Heads must roll.
Deeds should be punished.

It is a nuclear war.

If I had been asked: "How do you get
the royal family, the government,

Soccer fans and James Corden together?",
I would have been at a loss. Just what?

But bravo, the Super League.

TRAINER

It is not a sport,
if success is guaranteed.

It's not a sport,
if it doesn't matter whether you lose.

Soccer makes us fans believe
that anything is possible in life.

By destroying this idea, the Super League
destroys this idea,

they basically tell millions of fans:
"Actually, nothing in life is possible."

It is criminal. A criminal act
against soccer fans in this country.

Gary was very helpful on Sunday.

His television program is watched by a
of the soccer community,

and he immediately spoke out against it.

I am disgusted, absolutely disgusted.

They are scavengers
and belong from this club

and thrown out of this country.

Punishes them with point deductions
and fines.

They are not loyal to the country
nor to the leagues.

Enough is enough.

The billionaires behind the Super League

certainly expected
some dissatisfied fans,

but not with a revolution,
an uprising, a war.

With the entire soccer community,

so hundreds of millions
in Europe against you.

THE TURNING POINT

Then came the Leeds game.

That was a real turning point.
The clubs and the fans

protested against the project.

To the ESL: Fuck off!

To the ESL: Fuck off!

These owners
do it all for themselves.

"Let's make billions.
The others don't matter."

Soccer
was intended for the working class.

It is no longer like that.

To all fans: write on Twitter
and on Instagram: "We are against it."

-Away with the Super League.
-We many

show you few that you
are nothing without fans, you wankers.

You are already billionaires.

GREED OUT OF FOOTBALL

Why do you need more?

NO TO THE SUPER LEAGUE
R.I.P. SOCCER

1 MRD. POUNDS LOOTED

NO TO SUPER GREED
NO 'SUPER' LEAGUE

DAMN YOU
SUPER LEAGUE

We pay your wages.

They warned the owners of the Super League,

they would lose their most loyal fans.

You said at that moment:

"Join the Super League,
but we're not going with you."

COUNTER-REACTION TO SPIN-OFF

A tiny approach,
where we thought: "Wait a minute.

The Super League could fail."

Today is a live game:

Leeds United play against Liverpool.

The Leeds players also protested.

Warm-up jerseys with "Earn it".

-Fourteen teams wear them.
-We live in democracies.

With the right to freedom of expression,
freedom of assembly.

Never underestimate the power of the collective.

Kroenke out. We want Kroenke out.

Says: "We want Kroenke out!"

We want Kroenke out!

We want Kroenke out!

Get out of our club!

Get out of our club!

Fuck Stan Kroenke!

Get out of our club!

WE LAUGH ABOUT MIKEL

Fuck the Super League!

SOCCER IS OURS, NOT YOURS

SUPER GREED

The Glazers out!

We want the Glazers out!

The Glazers out!

Old, greedy bastard!
He's an old, greedy bastard!

Old, greedy bastard!

NO

I knew we could
create a certain amount of turmoil,

but not that the matter
would take on such proportions.

It was a revolution.
The stadiums were on fire.

We will continue,
until we get our club back.

That's what it means to us.
That's what soccer means to the fans.

When citizens take to the streets,
governments have to intervene.

This is how we involved the governments,

especially those of Great Britain.

Presumably the government had to

intervene at this stage,
to stop this.

We had to direct the majority
of our activities to the politicians.

We believe in free markets,
companies and a government,

that is committed to infrastructure and great
and great public services,

precisely because we believe in free markets
and entrepreneurship.

Most people would not have thought
that Boris Johnson and his party

in the commercial competition
would interfere in commercial competition.

That is not the government's job.
Business is business.

4:45 PM

The reaction of the British government
exerted great pressure on the clubs.

They knew they would get into trouble
if they didn't stop the project.

In the first 48 hours

I had an intensive exchange
with UEFA President Čeferin.

BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY

Fortunately, no one recorded the phone call.

Expletives flew,
and emotions ran high.

There was a lot of pain and a lot of anger
in the air, and we were very honest.

This was still assumed on Monday,

the Super League would continue.

After all, it was
supported by the most important associations.

Major investment banks had invested
invested 3.5 billion dollars in the project.

The fans who protested against their clubs
had such an effect,

that people said to me: "I've been an
Arsenal fan all my life.

I... have experienced all the good
and bad times.

I am just turning
against my club for the first time."

I decided to make a statement
before Parliament.

I call on Secretary of State Oliver Dowden.

There is the Whitehall saying:

"Very brave, Minister." Means as much as:
"Are you sure you want to do this?"

It was like David against Goliath.

No one should see
that the emperor has no clothes on.

Soccer is part of our national DNA.

We invented it
and exported it all over the world.

It has been at the center of
at the center of British life.

I was horrified
by the announcement of last night's event.

A few owners
want a closed store

from elite clubs
at the top of the game.

A league based on wealth
and brand awareness

rather than on merit.

There is a struggle in the British Parliament.

Attacks and heckling are expected.
Often from within our own ranks.

What struck me in particular
was that I applauded

from the opposing ranks.

We are the government of the people.

We will not stand by and watch
soccer in a cowardly way

that is taken,
what millions across the country love.

It starts with the fans,
and it ends with the fans.

Thank you, Mr. Minister...

We said,
we were against it in principle,

but the big step was then:

Do you actively use the power of the state
to prevent this from happening?

And that required intensive discussions
between me and the Prime Minister.

A GAME OF NARRATIVE

It was an emotional rollercoaster ride.

It became very popular,
to be against the Super League.

In the UK, the government
really attacked the concept very quickly.

This is a private initiative.

Sport is not regulated in Europe.

You would expect governments to
let sport sort itself out.

But hey, many are excited,
and we can score political points.

It was very tense.

There were many lies
and a lot of frustration on our side.

SUPER LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL

The clubs knew that
UEFA would not behave peacefully.

But we did not expect
with such aggressive behavior.

They defamed her in public
and insulted them in front of others.

The Super League is all about money.

The money of the dozen.
I don't want to say "dirty dozen",

but some people
do not know solidarity.

There is no unity for them either,
but only their pockets.

The story,
that was told was not true.

This is what UEFA
and the company came up with the day before.

It went viral on social media.

Twitter accounts
posted against the Super League.

There was a real organization,
that wanted to prevent our proposal.

People just read the headline,
that said,

twelve clubs
wanted to destroy soccer.

But nobody really read
really read our press release.

To put it bluntly: we never wanted to
never want to split off from the system.

We never wanted to seal off this league.
We never wanted to privatize everything.

THE SUPER LEAGUE

Fifteen clubs would have
were given a permanent place for 23 years.

But five places remained each year,
for which others were able to qualify.

Five teams are promoted every year,
and five are relegated.

The familiar dream of smaller clubs,

which thus
the big competition remained.

Leicester City
has the most fantastic soccer fairytale

in English soccer history.

That changes the dream, of course, because
only five qualifiers every year.

That is true. But the league
is not closed. It was a hybrid.

That's not true.
We don't want a bigger slice of the cake.

REAL MADRID PRESIDENT

The cake should be bigger.

We generate a lot of resources
for everyone, not just for us.

HIGHER ECONOMIC GROWTH

Eight percent
of the income went to Verbund,

so at least
400 million euros per year.

Three and a half times as much
than the current Champions League.

The grassroots should get money,
so that everyone has free access to soccer.

UEFA fanned these flames.
It would be a closed system.

Because it was a major threat
for their four-billion-euro competition.

It was against tradition
and will destroy soccer.

The same was said
when the Premier League was founded.

The soccer association
approved the controversial plans

for a new Super League.

A separate first league of elite clubs,

which brings them more profits
from sponsorship and television.

That was the most controversial
move in English soccer.

And it was a renegade league.

We wanted change. The structure...

PREMIER LEAGUE FOUNDER

...of the league was dysfunctional.

And that was very controversial at the time.

It was said that we were interfering with history
and tradition.

The end of English soccer.

A spin-off of the Football League.

They awarded their media rights themselves.

They were given their own administration,

independent of the Football League.

If we fast-forward through history, the
Premier League is now a national treasure.

Cavani! Unbelievable!
In the last minute of stoppage time.

That's why we love the Premier League!

As an innovator or pioneer
you have to expect harsh words.

We knew it would be met with criticism.

But this type of reaction
cannot be sustained for long.

You have to do it smoothly
and quickly.

Participants in a closed league are excluded
excluded from the World Cup and European Cup.

...at national
or international level,

and the players will probably no longer be allowed
for their national teams.

In the last few days
about twenty times with Agnelli.

The extent of the immorality of some...
of some people is truly unbelievable.

We want to improve the system
in which we work.

COMPANY ANALYSIS

I'm not one to say:
"We're doomed."

You have to find solutions.
We have to look for alternative ways.

We knew it would be tough.

But with these twelve big clubs
in one line-up, you kind of think,

There should be a way,

the expected
overcome the expected difficulties.

It depends on the narrative style.

This must be made public.

So Florentino spoke
on Monday at El Chiringuito

and managed to
explain our plan.

Florentino Pérez,
Super League President.

How did you
into this chaos?

Nobody has made a mess.

The most important clubs
from England, Italy and Spain

have to find a solution for a very
bad situation in soccer.

Is it really the best thing for soccer
or for a few, the most powerful?

-No, not at all.
-The competition would only be for her.

No.
It would generate more money for everyone.

Soccer has to evolve,
just like life.

Just like companies, just like us.

Like people, our behavior,
mentalities and the entertainment industry.

Soccer must change
and adapt to today's world.

We want to defend soccer.

And we want to defend the fans,
the true owners of soccer.

What the fans want,
determines what we have to do.

Seventy-two percent of fans
in Italy are in favor of the Super League.

In France, 71% are in favor.

And in Spain, 76% are in favor.

There is a silent majority.
We conducted two surveys.

The younger they were, the more
they supported our proposal.

The fans in countries like Spain
and Italy were more united in their support.

They feel the frustration that fans of the
English Premier League do not feel.

The frustration,
of losing soccer in their country.

Yes, a minority took to the streets.

I am convinced that if they had heard the true
story about our proposal,

they wouldn't have been so aggressive
against us.

UEFA spread untruths.

That it would be a closed league,
that it would be the end of national leagues,

that we would only want money.

Real Madrid belongs to the members,
as does Barcelona.

Juventus is a centuries-old club.

The Agnelli family has
to the joy of soccer for 100 years.

We are not the ones who have anything other
than the good of soccer.

Is UEFA even allowed to
take legal action?

We have only
published a press release.

They threaten participating players.

Some people think
that these institutions belong to them.

They do not.

UEFA is not characterized by
is not characterized by a clean slate.

But this is a common mistake
among managers of monopolies.

-UEFA is a monopoly?
-Clear.

THE CRITICISM OF UEFA

EHEM. UEFA COMPLIANCE MANAGER

The twelve
Super League clubs have valid arguments.

The game on the pitch
is fair and transparent.

But off the pitch
the clubs are getting angrier and angrier,

because they believe
UEFA applies the rules selectively,

to favor certain interests.

UEFA has something
called "Financial Fair Play".

Cost control mechanisms for clubs.

That basically means:
"Spend only what you have."

The rules
of financial fair play,

the clubs have to show UEFA
what they generate

and where the money comes from to contain the massive
the owners' massive additional expenditure,

who buy their way to the top.

The panel found...

EHEM. FIFA GUIDANCE

...in cases like Manchester City and PSG,

that the club owners through the sponsorship of
of companies controlled by them

indirect, artificial ways
would have been found,

to pump more money into the club,

than were generated by revenue.

This is called financial doping.

And this threatened the exclusion
from the Champions League.

The ultimate sanction.

You look at the clubs
where that was the case.

PSG, Manchester City,
two clubs from the Middle East,

and AC Milan.

These are major cases where the clubs
have largely got away with it.

UEFA PRESIDENT

When Aleksander Čeferin
became UEFA President,

he made clear,
clubs were in breach of the regulation,

they would have problems.

However, when it comes to enforcing
of these rules, nothing happens.

DEADLINE NOT MET

UEFA missed its own
own deadline, and PSG remains unpunished.

The result of PSG's investigation was:

"It may seem suspicious,
but it's all right.

There are no sanctions."

PSG'S APPEAL IS ADMISSIBLE

We have adhered to the rules of
to the rules of financial fair play.

PSG FREED FROM SPORTING
FREED FROM RESTRICTIONS

Man City also got off lightly.

Will the incident...

CHAIRMAN

...judged on the basis of facts,
we will undoubtedly be proved right.

SPORTS ARBITRATION COURT DECIDES:

PANEL SAYS UEFA'S MAIN ALLEGATIONS

WOULD HAVE TO BE REJECTED

We defend
our position professionally.

I don't think it's good that we
only talk about Manchester City.

We penalized
five to ten clubs per season.

This is a normal procedure.

UEFA wants to create the best product,

so UEFA, by its very nature
not particularly interested in it,

one of the most successful clubs
from their biggest stage.

I keep myself
out of the disciplinary work.

The organs are the ones
who decide,

without any influence
of the political leadership of UEFA.

And I deliberately
nothing about the case.

Another example
of conflicts of interest

is the role that the chairman
of Paris Saint-Germain

in various
areas of soccer.

Nasser Al-Khelaifi
stands between two worlds.

He is the figurehead of the nouveau riche club
club that buys the best players.

On the other hand, he is the boss
of the television station beIN Sport...

...who buys television rights from UEFA
worth billions of euros.

And then Mr. Al-Khelaifi
also took on another role in 2019.

He became part of the Executive Committee
of UEFA, its executive committee.

Now for the ratification of the members
of the UEFA Executive Committee.

Mr. Nasser Al-Khelaifi,
Paris Saint-Germain, France.

As a member of the UEFA Executive Committee

you are involved in everything important.

What happens,
influences the future of the game.

If the person with whom
you do business with is on your own board,

she has a lot of power and influence.

The crowning glory of Al-Khelaifi's position
as the man of the company

then took place
as a result of the Super League.

I present to you
ECA Chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi.

Many people talk about all their
roles and possible conflicts.

How do you deal with this?

I was asked to become chairman.
I didn't ask for it. I was asked for it.

It is once again an honor
to serve and help.

In each of my roles, I try to
to help as much as possible.

I am proud to be part of the family.

My lawyers check everything,
I do and can't do.

I will not take part in any conflict.
But if there is a crisis...

"Please help us."

PSG PRESIDENT

You see, all is well, oh, there could be
there could be a conflict. That's unfair.

For me, it is sometimes
really difficult to accept.

Because I'm trying to help.

This is nothing personal.

The system allows this to happen.

A transnational activity,

which is subject to no or very
regulation.

And it is about
multi-billion dollar interests.

This enables an enormous concentration
of power at the top.

Soccer is ruled
ruled by a political cartel.

Who makes sure
that everything UEFA does is compliant?

UEFA itself. They have internal,
supposedly independent committees,

who control everything UEFA does.

But all in the same organization.

UEFA
is not controlled by any government

and is not accountable to anyone
about its activities.

They are above all countries,
all governments.

UEFA earns billions
of dollars, but at the same time is

the judiciary and the regulator.

All these powers
are centralized in one place

and are subordinate to a man.

You really have to be careful,
to understand Aleksander Čeferin

not as heroes
or as a white knight.

He has compromised on the Champions League
compromises.

He understood the nature of power

and how it
its impact within European soccer.

UEFA is the 100% organizer of all
of all pan-European competitions

and the gatekeeper who decides
who becomes part of the market.

If they don't like what I say, I'm out of the system
out of the system overnight.

People agree with you,

but do not dare to say this in front of cameras
or recorded.

They would rather not continue
against the interests of UEFA

or its president.

The statement that UEFA
is in a conflict of interest,

because we sanction the clubs
and manage the competitions,

is complete nonsense in my eyes.
And we have proven that many times.

The rules are the same for everyone.

The system is good.
Not since I've been here

or because I'm here.
The system is simply good.

We just wanted to protect ourselves,
to be able to work in peace,

and without these constant threats
from UEFA and FIFA.

UEFA is the European governing body,

FIFA is
the global governing body of sport.

It is the epitome
of governance.

It is the "company" of soccer,

where the FIFA President is the President
of the most popular sport in the world.

Whether friend or foe,

do not betray us,
because we will have no mercy.

THE IMPERATOR

FIFA PRESIDENT

Gianni Infantino travels around and
at the highest tables in the world.

For me, hiding was
never an option for me. I act.

He likes to surround himself with celebrities,

Wealth and powerful leaders.

That is soccer.

People vie for supremacy,
whether on the field or off it.

FIFA has changed.

This is a new FIFA.

He is a man
who wants to leave a legacy.

And Infantino has that level of ambition

to aspire to this role.

I am the FIFA President.

I don't have a
a strained relationship.

At the end of 2020, the first reports
about a Super League project emerged.

EHEM. BARCELONA PRESIDENT

The Board of Directors
will determine the conditions of participation

in a future European Super League
of soccer clubs.

So say Čeferin and Infantino:

"Let's make a statement
and say that's not going to happen."

Infantino told me that he did not
disagreed with the Super League.

No organization respects this renegade league.
organization, including FIFA.

It is therefore only logical to stand together
against this renegade league.

In January we signed
a declaration with Infantino,

that players from the renegade competition

neither in our competition
be allowed to participate

still at the World Cup.

JANUARY 2021

FIFA has just published
a statement just now,

which all six confederations
signed

and which states that players
of the non-sanctioned Super League

from international soccer and from
World Cups.

National championships
were denied them.

Players banned from playing

for their national teams,
was a great disappointment.

This motivated the clubs even more,
to say: "Enough is enough.

This must stop.
The monopoly must be stopped."

THE COURT OF LEGAL OPINION

JANUARY 2021

APRIL 19, 2021

We knew
they could use the threats

from January.

So we took advantage of the protection
of the European courts,

to stop them from
from threatening us. That is illegal.

UEFA wanted to ban us
to ban us from the Champions League.

To defend ourselves against these threats
and insults,

we had to
turn to the Spanish justice system.

We want the values of the
of the European Union are fulfilled,

prohibit the formation of monopolies.

We were threatened on a massive scale.

We were threatened to exclude clubs from ongoing
competitions.

Players should be excluded from national
competitions should be excluded.

The sanction was something that...
It was predictable.

We sued
before the Commercial Court in Madrid,

to clarify
whether UEFA is acting as a monopolist

and exploits its dominant position,

to prevent the introduction
new products.

The case crystallized:

"You can either be the organizer of the
biggest event in world soccer

or the police officer, the supervising organization
organization over all of this."

At this moment you have
a dirty soup,

in which all this was stirred together.

And it starts to taste
tasting increasingly awful.

When money is at stake for the
of competition, money is at stake,

innovation is impossible.

Anything that proposes to change the existing
competition,

goes against the one
who basically makes the rules

and can beat you with it.

It's like the number
of soaps in the supermarket.

You choose your favorite.

And I think the same should
also apply to competitions.

The judges will decide on this.

Čeferin as a lawyer

discusses with other lawyers,
whether this would be possible.

So that participants in the Super League
be allowed to take part in UEFA competitions.

And it gets even more dramatic.
We'll get to that.

It was said that UEFA had a monopoly.

She would have if we said:
"Other competitions are off limits for you,

we forbid it
and have the power to do so."

But we never did. We said:
"Do you enter other competitions,

then not ours."

This is anything but
than anti-competitive.

This idea is a slap in the face
of all soccer fans.

Čeferin is a lawyer. It would be surprising
if he did not know what effects

his threats had
and that he had chosen a path,

which could lead to legal entanglements
could lead to legal entanglements.

We must ban them as quickly as possible
from all our competitions as quickly as possible.

It was a gamble,
to gather the troops,

because he took it so personally.

I am angry. I am angry, but...

So it's not surprising
that he fell into a trap,

which should lead to a lawsuit in Madrid,
an interim injunction.

Has he gone too far with the courts
gone too far?

Everyone hates governments
and government bodies.

But our competitions are fantastic,
and anyone can take part.

That is the difference
to all these elitist things,

where you isolate yourself
and think you're the greatest,

and its own system
is the best for soccer.

In the battle for the Super League
the social democracy fought

against the merciless
shark capitalism,

who is ruining the world.

Not everything is for sale.

Some things are sacred.

The Super League clubs said:
"Yes, it generates a lot of revenue,

which we will pass on to small clubs
will pass on."

I think from experience,
this is highly unlikely.

These owners don't care about small clubs.

They say: "We didn't have a chance
to explain ourselves."

Oh come on. Come on. Behave yourselves.

It was the secrecy.

I think it's funny when they say
it's for the good of soccer.

We help the others."
Then why are you hiding it?

Don't play Robin Hood.
That's not true.

To believe,

that the owners had benevolent
would be illusory.

For so long, soccer has
not for the good of the sport

or the fans,

but for those
who made it in there.

Soccer
has become a zero-sum game.

The shares of Man United
rose by 10 % in early trading.

Juventus has risen
increased by 17 % today. They are reaping the rewards.

That's a good thing for the teams,

but also for the individual leagues.

Do the owners produce a better product
product than the existing competition...

EHEM. PLAYER

...then I will become a customer.

Fans from all over the world
will want to be part of it.

I see the business sense.

SHAME ON YOU, @UEFACOM
WE NEED THE SUPER LEAGUE

The stock market is reacting positively,

when it comes to developments regarding
compliance and market rules,

because it will not be
be a loss-making business.

Soccer is based
on a shaky foundation.

One day
this building will collapse.

Let's build it on a new
foundation that benefits everyone.

The proposal
of a European Super League,

that threatens the very existence of soccer,
as we know it, poses an existential threat,

seems to go through.

They are
financial and media support.

It becomes very real very quickly.

A huge upheaval
in European soccer history.

UEFA threatens the players
with a ban from the World Cup.

There is no turning back.

Both sides
now have firmly established positions.

So what happens next?

A SECRET WEAPON

In one of these leaked
proposals and documents,

that showed what the Super League would look like,

we found the code name W01.

THE FOUNDATION OF THE SUPER LEAGUE

CONDITION 1: W01 CONDITION

The agreement
contained the coded note:

"We need the support of W01."

The documents leaked to us
looked like a secret plan.

They used a secret language,
and each member had a code name.

One was World 01.

The Super League documents

mentioned a "W01".

They shied away from mentioning the name.

The Super League
wanted institutional support.

Who could this W01 be?

We thought,
it could only be one person.

If what was in those documents was true,
was true, it would be like an earthquake.

Either you are there

or you're out.

You can't be half in
or half out.

Subtitles by: Maja Chalhoub