Barcelona Legend Blasts Real Madrid President Over Super League Proposal

• Gerard Pique has criticised Real Madrid president Florentino Perez over his handling of the proposed Super League, which has received backlash from stakeholders
• Plans to revive the Super League have received some major knocks after the English Premier League backed out of the new proposed competition
• Real Madrid still remain committed to the Superleague officially, even though no progress towards a competition has been made

Barcelona legend, Gerard Pique, has hit out at Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, saying the European Super League is not a viable way of improving football.

Perez alongside his Barcelona counterpart, Juan Laporta is still pushing for the kick-off of the Super League to rival Europe’s most prestigious club competition.

However, Pique has said that he is disappointed in the Los Blancos boss for not knowing what he wanted to achieve with the Super League, Football Espana reports.

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The 35-year-old now-retired defender has never hidden his stance on the Super League, despite Barcelona being one of the founding members of the idea.

Speaking to Ibai Llanos on Twitch, he said:

"The presentation of the Super League was a big messed up, above all coming from Florentino.

"But I agree with him about needing to captivate younger audiences, even if I don't agree with the Super League.

The Super League was a proposed seasonal club football competition that initially would have been contested by 20 European football clubs, twelve of them being the competition's founding members including Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Pique eyes Barcelona presidency

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Gerard Pique’s next big plan is to contest for the Barcelona presidency sometime in the future, after officially announcing his retirement from football.

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The 35-year-old defender, who is a cult hero for the Spanish giants, decided to hang up his boots after falling down the pecking order at Camp Nou this season.

According to ESPN, Pique has now confirmed that Barcelona presidency appeals to him and he intends to help Catalan club reach its full potential.