LaLiga president Tebas backs Rodri's strike proposal

LaLiga President Javier Tebas would welcome player strikes if the aim was to abolish the FIFA Club World Cup

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00:00I think he's right about the strike on footballers.

00:05I think there's a lot of matches.

00:07He's talking about the amount of matches.

00:09200 players are involved in this issue.

00:12But I'm talking about the 40,000 remaining professional players

00:16and the 2,000 remaining clubs.

00:20Well, if this strike is to solve the issue of the calendars,

00:27but not to remove clubs from the national leagues,

00:31but to improve the dates,

00:37then something has to happen.

00:41We'll go to the legal channels that correspond,

00:44but without the players' union.

00:46I mean, to go on strike for this concept,

00:49which we've already discussed with them,

00:51it's a problem of the over-saturation of matches

00:54of 70, 80, 100 players.

00:57It's a much bigger problem.

00:59It's affecting the whole industry.

01:01The players who don't compete with European or world champions,

01:04if this criteria is followed,

01:06they're going to have less income,

01:08clubs are going to disappear.

01:10That's where we are and we'll be fighting.