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Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos anticipates plans for a European Super League will be revived, as he refuted claims of the Premier League’s superiority.
Madrid president Florentino Perez has led calls for Europe’s elite clubs to secede from UEFA competitions and was the driving force behind last year’s proposed breakaway competition.
While most of the Super League’s slated participants withdrew following public and political pressure in April 2021, Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus have remained committed to the project.
In June, Perez branded UEFA’s control over the continental game a “monopoly” and declared the Super League was “still alive”, and Kroos supports the president’s plans.
Speaking on the podcast OMR, Kroos said: “Never contradict your own president!”
“It is obvious that the idea existed and still exists. It should have been in operation for a long time, I think it will take a while to carry it out and I will probably not see it as an active player.
“My opinion on that is that I still believe it will come, but I can’t say when.”
Kroos, who has won four Champions League titles since leaving Bayern Munich for Madrid in 2014, also professed his desire to stay with Los Blancos.
“I’ve been at Real Madrid for eight years and there was closeness from day one,” he said of his relationship with Madrid president Perez.
“I know that in these eight years he hasn’t thought for a second about selling me. At that time, I came for ‘only’ €25million, surely I could have been sold later for more money.
“I have an excellent relationship with the club, I’ve grown very fond of it. The president, the team, the fans… so I won’t leave.”
