The president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, said this Sunday in Vila-real, regarding the frustrated return of Leo Messi to Barcelona, ​​that “for some LaLiga was doing everything possible to make him come and for others everything possible so that he did not “.
“People are always looking for reasons where there are none. We have always been very clear. Barça is not in the one-on-one norm, it is at 40%, and since the norm was changed for all the clubs they are a little better than last year, but it is far from being in the one-on-one norm,” he explained. at the Liga Genuine awards ceremony.
“The viability plan is for all the clubs and it is as a consequence of the new Sports Law that was approved on December 22, which makes us even more responsible for the future of the clubs,” he added.
In addition, Tebas indicated that “the explanatory statement provides and says that it does not endorse the clubs, because LaLiga has very good economic control. For this reason, we have waited and asked about the financial FairPlay and nothing else, without cheating or cardboard ” , he stated, in addition to assuring: “We are totally transparent and everyone can ask, the clubs can ask”.
When asked if he is worried about the possible loss of value of LaLiga for not having recovered Messi and for the departure of other players, Tebas showed his rejection and said: “Every year we are with the same story and what would worry me is to have clubs with financial problems”.
“What would really worry me – he continued – is, as it happens in England that the English Government does a white paper on football in that country that says that they are oversized and that they have a lot of expenses, and that many clubs have gone or can go to bankruptcy”.
“It would also worry me, as it happens in Italy, that they have to ask the State for a tax deferral of 700 million euros. Or I would worry, as it happens in France, to be the League that loses the most in all the clubs,” he continued. in his exhibition.
“All these things are the ones that would worry me, more than if we should have more players or not. If it is to ruin us, I prefer that we do not have them, or is it honestly what the clubs think, since it is a norm approved by all the clubs “, said Thebes, who also highlighted that LaLiga “fights against the State clubs”.
“Spain is what it is and we are not going to invent more. We always start with these doubts and we end up with Europa League champions, Champions League champions and Champions League semifinalists, so I think that football should not be measured last. month, but for the last few years. And there Spanish football has had the majority of European titles, so there’s nothing more to say. I think it’s what you have to see and not be short-sighted”, he concluded.
