The Times pointed out that under the financial crush of elite English clubs of 3 billion pounds, top European clubs may promote more representative seats in the Club World Cup and increase overseas games. The media pointed out that if Premier League...
The media pointed out that if Premier League clubs are complacent to suppress their European opponents in the transfer market, then this joy should not be excessive. Data shows that the Premier League's transfer expenditure this summer reached 3 billion pounds, exceeding the combined £2.9 billion of La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and the other four major leagues in Ligue 1. The sign that the gap is still widening is that in the past five summer transfer windows, Premier League spending accounts for 46% of the total spending of the five major leagues, and has now risen to 51%. But there are signs that other leagues and mainland European giants will not sit idly by and watch this growing imbalance.
There is no doubt that the envy of the Premier League's global appeal and financial strength has prompted Real Madrid, Juventus and Barcelona to launch the ill-fated European Premier League plan, which collapsed after six English clubs left. But it should be clear that clubs such as Real Madrid are always planning their next steps.
An executive of a top European club admitted that he had complex sentiment about Premier League dominance: on the one hand, the tendency of talent loss to England is intensifying, and on the other hand, European clubs can earn amazing benefits by selling mediocre players.
However, the source believes that the growing dominance of the Premier League may not necessarily give birth to a new European Super League - English clubs do not have this demand, and supporting the reconstruction of the European Super League may even backfire. Despite this, the ghost of the European Super League will continue to remind clubs that financial imbalances are causing increasingly strong dissatisfaction.
Last season's Premier League champion Liverpool received about £175 million in domestic and foreign television broadcast revenue, while Bayern Munich only £72 million, Naples £69 million, and Paris Saint-Germain £42 million. As global interest in the Premier League continues to climb, the Bundesliga even had to transfer the UK broadcast rights for Friday night games for free to maintain attention.
All this means that continental European clubs and leagues will focus more on pioneering alternative sources of income. FIFA's reorganized Club World Cup (although Chelsea won the championship) has injected £40 million to £80 million for teams such as Real Madrid and Paris. At present, the club level may put pressure on the expansion of European teams from 12 to more.
Deloitte Sports Business Group Deputy Director Mark De Elia said that La Liga plans to hold a domestic league in the United States (the first match is the Miami showdown between Barcelona and Villarreal in December), which is "a model for major leagues to explore differentiated strategies... Strategies such as international expansion and stadium infrastructure investment are emerging."
He added: "The Premier League is recognized as the most competitive and most profitable league, which continues to push it to set a spending record " Real Madrid may be the world's highest-paid club (just crossed £1 billion last season), but its spending in recent years has become more conservative compared to past squandering. In fact, at least seven English clubs have spent more than Real Madrid on transfers, including Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur. Except for Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, the top ten European transfer spending are English clubs - Barcelona is subject to La Liga fiscal rules.
The Spanish "National" column article pointed out that La Liga "has taken a step back in attracting new stars and players." The article emphasized that Villarreal, a La Liga team participating in the Champions League this season, just broke the team record-breaking price of 30 million euros (26.1 million pounds) to buy Georgian striker Mikautazze from Lyon - the cost is far lower than the efforts of Premier League teams such as Bournemouth and Brighton, which are not qualified for European Cup battles this season.
La Liga insiders try to claim that "the English model promotes continued debt and out-of-control expenditures, which are difficult to last." However, predictions about the bursting of the Premier League bubble have been ongoing since the beginning of the league in 1992, but the Premier League has always refuted these predictions with facts.
