Why Barcelona and Real Madrid need each other

foreign over recent decades Florentino Perez and Juan La Porter have often been on opposite sides as Real Madrid and Barcelona have battled for Domination of La Liga and often for the Champions League trophy too but events have driven them and their clubs together and these two historic Rivals have become intertwined in a news story which has huge consequences for the future of Spanish and European football but why has this happened [Music] the most high-profile commitment now binding Barcelona and Real Madrid together is their shared and continuing obstinence over the European Super League Madrid backing the whole project is no surprise as Perez has been pushing the idea for decades arguing that it was the only way his member-owned institution can compete fairly with clubs elsewhere in Europe whose funding comes from outside football and even from the wealth of nation states Manchester City beat Real Madrid and Barcelona to top deloitte's money league for the first time last year with a revenue of nearly 650 million euros in 2021 up 17 from 2020. in the same period Madrid's Revenue fell by seven percent and Barcelona's dropped by 18 cities transfer expenditure of 219 million euros was significantly more than Madrid's 45 and Barcelona's 91. Barcelona were not so openly committed to breaking away although recent presidents including La Porta Sandro Russell and Joseph bartame have rarely missed a chance to criticize uefa's running at the European Club competitions there was still General surprise in October 2020 when bartameu just as he was resigning in disgrace after a series of on and off Pitch disasters announced bassa's willingness to participate in the future Super League although some insiders claim not to be shocked at all during the elections to succeed bartimaeu all candidates knew what would play best with the voting socios as Barcelona's club members are known the super league is just about money it could destroy the essence of football laporta said in January 2021 before being elected but then just a few weeks later the Catalan Club were one of the 12 founding members of the new Super League project which would have Madrid's Perez as its president and Guiding Light ultimately the project quickly unraveled amid angry protests in England but there was little such outcry in Catalonia Barcelona's huge debts of more than 1.3 billion euros meant they could not afford to look a gift horse in the mouth so even as everyone else except Juventus of Italy drifted back from the Super League idea Barcelona and laporta became firm backers and last summer it was clear how the two clubs shared support for a Super League had detached them from their peers the political situation meant no other European clubs would even play them in a friendly last summer instead they organized a U.S Classico in Las Vegas Barcelona even had trouble finding suitable opponents for their traditional pre-season trafayo gamper curtain razor at camp now but still laporta has not wavered indeed over time he has become much more publicly supportive of the Super League project he even went further in an interview with Spain's Cadena Ser radio station in January saying the super league would be a reality in 2025 despite a December legal opinion from the European court of justice stating the rules of UEFA and FIFA the world game's governing body are compatible with EU law but the super league is not the only area in which Barca and Madrid have Allied together in recent years they've also grown increasingly close in domestic political battles against Javier tabas the La Liga president the Classico Duo have often opposed his policies which they feel do not reward them sufficiently for generating about half the total business of all Spanish football almost a decade of PR and legal battles culminated in December 2021 with Barcelona and Real Madrid refusing to enter into the 2.7 billion La Liga boost partnership deal agreed with European private Equity Firm CVC partners Barcelona instead did a similar Standalone deal last summer although with different Financial details with U.S financier's 6th Street which brought in 517 million euros to fill holes in the club's finances the arrangement was organized by key Capital Partners the financial backer of the Super League project which two months earlier had agreed a 360 million euro financing deal with 6th Street to fund the renovation of Madrid's Bernabeu Florentina Perez comes to the rescue of Barcelona to save the Super League smoked a Madrid business press headline through the Autumn the Classico Duo are again Allied together against most other clubs in La Liga in a battle to influence the Spanish government's new general Sports law Perez was able to use his considerable political context to get the Law's wording amended to favor the interests of Real Madrid and Barcelona over everyone else which led to a concerted lobbying campaign by tabas and many other Spanish clubs to protect more equality within the legislation the new law ended up as a fudge which left neither side fully happy and the isolation of the two clubs within Spanish football were shown again in December when they both boycotted El a Liga organized trip designed to build business links in the Middle East some Barcelona figures had initially planned to go tabas told reporters while at the World Cup in Qatar but then I guess A call came from you know who Florentino and they fell into line he said relishing the opportunity to point out the uncomfortable neither club now have any representation on the important La Liga subcommittees made up of directors and Executives from other teams instead they often send a proxy to argue their case as decisions are being taken and of course such isolation has consequences in November La liga's other 18 clubs agreed to tweak the League's salary rules changes which Barcelona feel were directed at them specifically and hampers their ongoing fight to fix their finances the idea of Real Madrid and Barcelona as bitter enemies has always been something for the media and the fans more than the directors of the clubs themselves pereza La Porter had cordial relations during the latter's first term Legend also has it that when Perez spilled something on his tie during a pregame dinner near the camp now his Barcelona counterparts arranged for a tailor to arrive quickly with a selection of replacements once when Sandro Rossell was being insulted by Madrid fans near the bernabeos VIP Zone Perez arranged for the season ticket holders involved to be moved permanently to another part of the stadium but there is still something new and different about just how close the two clubs have become they've always shared many strengths and insecurities but now the fates of the Catalan Outsiders and the Madrid conservatives have become completely entwined what this means for the future of both and for Spanish and European football remains to be seen if you like this video please consider subscribing to the channel the athletic is home to some of the world's best sports journalists including journalists dedicated to each Premier League team so every fan gets the coverage they deserve not just the big clubs and you can try it for 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Length: 7min 31sec (451 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 10 2023