Barça, Madrid and Athletic will sue the League with CVC

BarcelonaWith less than 24 hours to go before the start of the LaLiga Impulso project, Barça, Real Madrid and Athletic Club issued a statement stating that they would take legal action against the agreement. ‘inject 1,990 million euros to the employer in exchange for 9% of the audiovisual rights of the next 50 years. A final measure of pressure from the three clubs – none of them, Sociedad Anónima Esportiva (SAE) – to try to convince the other teams to vote against it.

This pressure does not seem to have any effect. And less so if you consider that most clubs already have this capital injection to reduce debt, improve infrastructure or invest in the transfer market. But Barça, Madrid and Athletic run out of the last cartridges by the ordinary route before passing, if the assembly approves the agreement with the CVC investment fund, in the judicial route. They may not be the only ones, as the Higher Sports Council (CSD) has also threatened the courts if this project involves breaking the 0.5% per year it receives from audiovisual rights – and which it wants to allocate, among other things. , in women’s football-. And the Federation, which owns 1%, has also aligned itself with opposition clubs.

Last attempt

In fact, and with the aim of finding a solution to the conflict, the CSD had summoned all parties involved to meet yesterday afternoon. But the clubs decided not to attend. “We were confident that the CSD could make a decision that would prevent the possible approval of the project, but it has told us that it does not have the power to make decisions about the LaLiga Impulso project and its legality, expressly inviting us to go to court. “, they wrote in a joint statement.

Without prior agreement, the League Assembly must validate this agreement, which had already been approved in the first instance in August with the support of 38 of the 42 clubs. Therefore, everything suggests that Javier Tebas, the president of the employer, will get away with it and will definitely be able to impose his will. At least until justice says otherwise.

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