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PETE JENSON: Villarreal seeking to be the family-run football club who strike a blow against the European Super League rebels by beating Manchester United in Europa League final

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.

Local businessman Fernando Roig senior has owned Villarreal for 24 years and is a true fan
Villarreal are the only club in both European finals not to have backed the European Super League

‘We’re in a final between three Super League teams,’ says Roig junior just days from the biggest game in the club’s history.