Even the wealthiest clubs have their problems. And while the majority of football clubs around the world are suffocated by finances and Covid consenqueces, Real Madrid has other problems – they offer 25 billion Ksh for a player, but the rival club doesn’t want to sell him. And president Florentino Perez is not happy about it, even thou he might get that same player for free in June. Off course, the player is Kylian Mbappe, the club is PSG, but the biggest problem for Perez is that the Parisians are owned by a state. Real’s summer plans: Offload ‘dead wood’ for 11 billion and sign Mbappe, Rudiger and PogbaTalking to board members ahead of the club’s general assembly, Real’s president named the biggest threat in years to come: state owned clubs. There are three of them at the moment, PSG, Manchester City and Newcastle United, but according to Perez, there will be more in the future. “We have to fulfil our contracts and we try to bring in good players and the best players. But you have to be able to afford them. Now you offer 200 million euros and they don’t sell. When they finish their contracts it’s better, but right now there are a lot of state-backed clubs and they don’t want to sell you players. I strive for financial management of the club to be the main thing, not the money you get from elsewhere. The time will come when the top 30 clubs in Europe will be owned by countries. That is not the principle of the European Union. I came here to fight and I have been fighting since I arrived” Florentino Perez said.##NAJAVA_MECA_5990704##Real’s president also talked about Super League (again) and even tried to compare it to the European Union and it’s core principals. “In 1955, the European Cup was created and it was the same situation as now. Football has to be played based on the merits and resources that you have. And you have to have the principles of the EU: solidarity, competition and fair play. We have to sort it out and I will fight for it” said Perez.
