Barcelona chief Laporte insists big clubs must have say in revenue

Barca president Joan Laporta

The ill-fated Super League has enraged fans and troubled authorities while making allies of a pair of soccer's fiercest nemeses.

After 10 of the 12 clubs involved in the creation of the breakaway competition quickly dropped out under an escalating backlash, Barcelona president Joan Laporta emerged on Thursday as the sole supporter of the plan hatched by Real Madrid counterpart Florentino Perez.

"It is absolutely necessary," Laporta said. "The biggest clubs create the most financial resources and we must have our say in deciding how the earnings are shared." Even so, his own club issued a statement hours after he spoke that was aimed at calming tensions and promised to listen to the plan's critics.

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