When Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus tried to stage a coup in football Europe overnight and received the support of some other big clubs’ support for establishing the Super League, their biggest opposition was Bayern.The giant from Munich is the biggest name that opposed the establishment of a closed competition for the rich and remains so to this day. Bayern’s long-time head executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is one of the loudest opponents of the Super League, which he once again spoke about for the Italian media.”I am completely against it. No wonder that story came from three clubs with big financial problems. They wanted to make a big profit quickly. Now the new Super League proposal went from 20 to 80 clubs, but European football would not withstand such a radical change. On the other hand, what needs to change as soon as possible is financial fair play. It will have to be more rigid. Clubs are constantly under pressure from the media and fans to spend more. But football is a loss-making industry,” says Rummenigge.##NAJAVA_MECA_7041366##Rummenigge also spoke about the recent scandals that rocked Spanish and Italian football. Juventus’ financial malfeasance and Barcelona’s payment of referee lobbyists.”I read what Juventus did and I can’t believe it. I’ve never heard of anything like it in my life. Juventus is an important club, a reference point in Italian and European football, but they took too much on themselves… Now the club needs to start from scratch. Barcelona and the referees? Believe me I laughed when I read that news. But I am not surprised. Every time we played in Spain, I had a strange feeling. These are unacceptable things that do not only affect domestic football. The issue of arbitration is something that needs to be dealt with seriously”.##NAJAVA_MECA_7041449##Rummenigge spent most of his playing career in Bayern, but he also played for Inter Milan for three years when Italian football was far superior to German football. Today the situation is reversed.”Serie A was the pinnacle of world football in the 80s. In Germany, we watched the presidents of the Italian clubs organize the best league in the world. Back then, clubs could only have two foreigners each, so even mediocre ones could bring in top players. Today it is the Premier League. English clubs spend astronomical figures stupidly and irrationally. Clubs from other countries go ahead and win trophies despite financial problems and scandals. That tells you that English clubs are making crazy mistakes and are completely out of control.”
