When the story of the European Super League was first publicly raised, the organizers encountered fierce resistance from the fans, who were soon joined by many players, claiming that football is a sport for the masses and that any elitist reconstruction is not in line with tradition. However, Real Madrid’s star Toni Kroos, openly admitted: The Super League is the future.The revamped Super League proposal features a number of significant changes that will ”guarantee open competition.”Does it deserve a chance? Toni Kroos seems to think so 🤔 pic.twitter.com/X6j6wd752h— DW Sports (@dw_sports) February 17, 2023 Maybe because he, as a player of the Royal Club, is already part of the elite, maybe because Real is the main power behind the Super League project, or maybe because he simply believes in that project? On his latest podcast, ‘Einfach mal Luppen’, the German midfielder explained his stance on the matter. “I think we will see the Super League. And I believe so for several reasons. The idea of the Super League has changed and deserves to be heard. If you look carefully from both angles, you will see that UEFA is by no means a great Samaritan for football fans and that the Super League has no plans, at least in the second attempt, to exclude any team, because there will be no permanent founding members. It is a sports competition, an open tournament, but managed by the clubs and not by UEFA, because these clubs believe that they do not need UEFA for that. I think this deserves at least one chance” said Kroos. Super League’s new attack on European football: Sixty to eighty clubs model and 14 guaranteed matchesReal’s midfielder also addressed the most common complaint of the anti-Super League camp: that the games between the same opponents every week will be boring. “Let there be more enthusiasm and emotion for the games that we will be able to see. Because in the end, let’s not fool ourselves, many people always say: ‘Who wants to see Real Madrid against Manchester City every week?’ But have you gotten tired of watching Federer against Nadal over and over again? I don’t. That’s my opinion. I think we can attract the fans and get them back to football, and it could also bring a completely different enthusiasm to the neutral fan. Because these matches are not only watched by the supporters of the clubs, but also by neutral fans. And I think that, with the feeling that interest in football is waning, we would have the opportunity to increase all that again if we seriously addressed it” explained Kroos. UEFA again rejects the Super League project after a meeting with A22 Sports ManagementThe once German international (106 caps) retired from serving his country in 2021 but used the experience of UEFA’s National League as one more argument against the main European’s governing body. “I think we have only heard the UEFA side, and too often in my opinion. Why is it ok for UEFA to introduce a Nations League that no one needs? Suddenly no one asks them about it. That’s why I think it’s incredibly important to listen to other proposals like the Super League. I get the feeling that we are no longer being listened to” he said. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7031400##
