The European Super League is alive. While the crucial publication of the resolution of the European Court is awaited, it was one of the main topics of the Assembly of Real Madrid delegates. Florentino Pérez spoke forcefully about it.

"Football is losing interest every day, especially among the youngest and if we don't do something about it, we are going wrong," Florentino said.

"What's the point of depriving fans of big matches?" he asked as he stressed the number of times the best in tennis have met.

"Nadal and Federer have met more than 40 times, Nadal and Djokovic have played 59 matches... is this boring? However, Madrid and Liverpool have only met nine times in 67 years. What is the point of depriving fans of these matches? If the rules of European football [UEFA] were extrapolated to other sports, we would hardly have seen Nadal and Federer three times in all these years," he said.

"UEFA is increasing games between inconsequential teams. This will only accelerate the decline of European football. According to Forbes, Madrid is the 13th most valuable club in the world... and before we were the 5th. There are only three football clubs in this ranking. The trend is not debatable. They must be doing something very well in the United States and very badly in old Europe," he added.