It has not escaped Villarreal chief executive Fernando Roig’s attention that his club will be the odd one out this week when the two European finals are played.
Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City are all owned by overseas billionaires and all backed the failed European Super League (ESL).
Villarreal, in contrast, have been owned for the last 24 years by Roig’s father, also called Fernando, a local businessman who goes to all the games and hates the idea of an ESL.
‘We’re in a final between three Super League teams,’ says Roig junior just days from the biggest game in the club’s history.