La Liga president Javier Tebas has warned Real Madrid and Barcelona that the Super League is "dead" and "impossible" and urged rebel clubs to drop their ongoing support for the project.
Barcelona's Joan Laporta defended the club's involvement on Sunday, telling his general assembly that "the project is alive" and that "we will not apologize for trying to hold the contest while postponing the members' vote on this issue".
Barca, Real Madrid and Juventus are the only three clubs to have refused to distance themselves from the split attempt, while the other nine founders - six English clubs, Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan - have accepted a UEFA penalty. have agreed. .
"I have spoken to Barca officials in recent days. They believe they should be doing what they are doing and I think they are wrong," Tebas said during a call with international media on Wednesday. Huh." "The concept of a Super League is impossible. Nine out of twelve clubs have asked for their company to be dissolved."
UEFA's disciplinary proceedings against Barca, Madrid and Juventus have been put on hold, while the consulting company behind the Super League, A22, seeks legal action based on EU competition law against European football's governing body.
A preliminary injunction is granted by a judge in Madrid, and the case has been referred to the European Court of Justice.
"The model they are defending is without English clubs. I think it is dead," Tebas said. "It's a boat with three castaways and a flag, and that flag is the injunction of a Madrid judge. The courts have said they're right, but it's not true, it's a judge in Madrid and one," Laporta says There is an injunction. I've tried to convince them that they are wrong and they should act in other ways."
Tebas said he was not concerned by the recent silence of Premier League clubs on the issue. "There has been a lot of tension. Most of the English clubs want to turn the pages of the Super League," he said. "We can't let the big clubs be the center of the football industry. They're important, but from there it's up to them to run the industry and decide how the money is divided... no."
Tebas also said he expects La Liga to start next season with stadiums at 70% capacity with 100% capacity "in November or December".
He acknowledged spending will be lower in this summer's transfer window - predicting that the market will "contract even more than last season" - and insisted the league would not bend its strict salary cap rules for clubs In order to allow Barcelona to keep Lionel. Messi.
"The rules are, you can't increase or decrease [financial controls] just because you want to," he said. "Barca know the rules, they know they have to free up a lot of pay in order to bring in players ... With Messi, similar to Aguero, they have to lower the pay bill. No rules will change. Let Messi be here." "