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PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi. (Photo: Instagram/@psg)

JAKARTA - Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) President Nasser Al-Khelaifi has publicly opposed the idea of the European Super League. He also made fun of Real Madrid President Florentino Perez, who is one of the initiators.

Gaung related to the European Super League project was dim some time ago. However, Florentino Perez recently returned to discussing this controversial idea.

He argues that the idea of the European Super League is a good project because elite European teams will often meet in competitive events. He even gave an example of the duel between Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Roger Federer, which is always not boring.

Al-Khelaifi at the UEFA convention on Wednesday, November 9 yesterday, firmly rejected Perez's statement. He said Nadal, Djokovic, and Federer had never asked for competitions just for top players.

"There is talk of Nadal and Federer. Let me tell you that Rafael and Roger are the two greatest athletes in the history of this sport. It's not because they have played together all the time. That's because they worked very hard," he said as quoted by Marca, Thursday, November 10.

"Every important game, no matter what rank they play. They never ask for a special league for top players. They prioritize tennis. Please don't use their big name to justify their failure," he added.

Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Juventus are the three leaders of the European Super League project. This is a competition that will bring together major European clubs as rivals to the UEFA Champions League.

The formation of the European Super League uses the argument that currently the European Champions League has lost its competitive aura. However, Al-Khelaifi called it a wrong assessment when referring to the recently completed group stage.

"They say that the Champions League is not competitive enough. But many big clubs have not escaped the group stage. This could be my team: this is football," he said.