{"id":41576,"date":"2021-04-22T18:43:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=41576"},"modified":"2021-04-22T17:25:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T17:25:05","slug":"super-league-protesters-at-stamford-bridge-werent-chelsea-fans-real-madrid-chief-perez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/super-league-protesters-at-stamford-bridge-werent-chelsea-fans-real-madrid-chief-perez","title":{"rendered":"Super League: Protesters at Stamford Bridge weren\u2019t Chelsea fans \u2013 Real Madrid chief, Perez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez has claimed that the Chelsea fans who protested the club\u2019s European Super League plans outside Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night were planted.<\/p>\n<p>Perez also claimed he knows who took the fans to Stamford Bridge to stage the protest.<\/p>\n<p>A significant number of Chelsea fans had on Tuesday blocked the team bus\u2019 entrance to Stamford Bridge in protest after the club signed up for the controversial European Super League.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the protest, Chelsea withdrew their membership in the breakaway Champions League competition.<\/p>\n<p>All six Premier League clubs have now withdrawn but neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona have pulled out.<\/p>\n<p>But Perez is not giving up on the proposals, suggesting instead that they can be tweaked.<\/p>\n<p>The Real Madrid chief claimes the numbers at the protest outside Stamford Bridge was vastly overstated adding that the protesters were not Chelsea fans and were instead planted<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChelsea fans at Stamford Bridge are the same people who put those anti-Super League shirts on Cadiz tonight,\u201d he said after Real Madrid\u2019s 3-0 win at Cadiz on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Cadiz players wore t-shirts protesting against the European Super League plans, Perez added, \u201cChelsea fans? They were 40 people outside Stamford Bridge\u2026 and if you want, I will tell you who took them there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Super League is not dead. It\u2019s on standby and we\u2019ll work on the project. All 12 founder clubs signed the same contract.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez has claimed that the Chelsea fans who protested the club\u2019s European Super League plans outside Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night were planted. Perez also claimed he knows who took the fans to Stamford Bridge to stage the protest. 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