This Sunday the Real Madrid Assembly is being held during which Florentino Perez reports to the Socios on the situation of the club.
The president of Real Madrid did not mince his words on the Ballon d'Or and charged the system as well as the journalists during his speech to the club's Socios. Florentino Perez responded on other subjects such as problems linked to the stadium or the Super League.
Regarding the first point, he first repeated that “the transformation of the Bernabeu provokes the admiration of everyone. It is now a world symbol, a monument, a temple. Millions of tourists appear in front of the “one of the most spectacular renovations in the world in recent years”
“This transformation makes Real Madrid, Football, the city of Madrid and the Spain brand bigger,” he continued. “It is inconceivable that we can read in certain digital and toxic media that the Bernabeu does not have the license to operate” he then got annoyed before raising the subject of concerts.
“Organizing concerts is not a particularly lucrative activity for the club. I want people to know that it barely represents 1% of our income. But we hear that this activity is important because it strengthens the image of the club. This is why we make our stadium available,” clarified the Real Madrid boss.
“It will be up to the Town Hall to decide whether or not we continue to make the Bernabeu a venue for major events, which will strengthen the image of the entire city and benefit many people. I repeat. For us, this represents barely 1% of profits.”
Then there is the parking lot, a project that is not moving forward. “All major infrastructures have parking lots and we agreed with the Town Hall that a third would be reserved for residents. Can we understand that to play 25 matches per year for a duration of two hours, you have to invest like that? Well We do it to improve this neighborhood called Chamartin with which we have had a relationship for so many years.”
I formed them from LDC
Then, the president of Real Madrid spoke about the new format of the Champions League. “An unfair format” according to Florentino Perez. “No one understands. We have more matches but the value of each one has dropped by almost 30%. Do you know how many English teams have come to play at the Bernabeu in an official match? Two. We only played once against Manchester United in the last 16 years, in tennis, there have been 100 times Nadal against Federer. Football goes the wrong way,” he said.
“Fans are suffering because of the high cost of following minor matches. The strategy is not working as the movie or music industry has demonstrated. The SuperLeague wants to offer free football,” he said. he claimed.
“We don't want to be Blockbuster. They had franchises all over the world then Neflix arrived and is valued at 7.7 billion euros. The dominant companies refused to buy Netflix then they went bankrupt because they didn't “didn't see the end of the video cassette. Meanwhile, Netflix continued on its way,” he took as an example.
“I am more optimistic than ever. The European Court's ruling is historic and will be studied in universities, it has put an end to UEFA's monopoly. We never said it would be easy. It was a titanic effort with pressure and threats.
“Like Bernabeu which pushed the creation of the European Cup, we defeated the opposition. We want to restore greatness to football and A22, the SuperLeague company, continues to discuss with the clubs. The format will be 100% meritocracy,” he concluded.
