Florentino Perez has claimed that Liverpool and the other eight clubs who left the European Super League last week 'cannot leave' as they have 'binding contracts' with the breakaway competition.
Liverpool confirmed last Tuesday that it was now their intention to step away from the project, just days after revealing they were to be founding members of it.
In total, nine of the 12 founding members, including all six Premier League clubs, withdrew from the proposed tournament after the plan sparked a furious backlash.
Jurgen Klopp had already voiced his concerns on the matter ahead of his side’s clash at Leeds United, before Liverpool’s players issued a coordinated message just over 24 hours later to condemn the move.
However, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus have not yet abandoned the competition, and Perez believes the Super League, or a similar project, will move forward very soon.
"I don't need to explain what a binding contract is, but effectively the clubs cannot leave," he told Spanish newspaper AS.
"Some of them, due to pressure, have said they're leaving. But this project, or one very similar, will move forward and I hope very soon."
The ECHO last week revealed that Liverpool are braced for a lengthy legal process as they attempt to extricate themselves from their Super League agreement.
The Reds have started to take the first steps towards withdrawing from their agreement, which cl ub insiders admit is a 'complex situation' due to the unprecedented nature of events.
It has been claimed each Premier League will lose up to £8million having bought equity stakes in the Super League to help create the competition's infrastructure.
But Liverpool have decided along with the other five English clubs that taking such a financial hit may be a small price to pay following such a fiercely adverse reaction to the proposals.
While the Real president has also claimed that it was 'not true' American investment bank JP Morgan had abandoned the competition aimed at rivalling the Champions League.
He said: "That's not true. There has been a time of reflection, like the twelve clubs. If something has to be changed, it will be done, but the Super League is the best project that we have thought that it can be done.
"What you have to do is recover the fans, the young people. And for that you have to change.
“If UEFA wants to do it with the project he said the other day, well, honestly, I neither understood it nor do I think it is a good solution. In addition, they want to start in 2024, and we will see what teams resist.”
