La Liga looks for foreign owners

At a time when the Premiership model is under wide criticism as badly flawed it is interesting that La Liga have decided to imitate it and try to obtain foreign investment in Spanish clubs.   Barcelona and Real Madrid are run as mutual organisations of fans, but they are able to sell their television rights individually.  Other Spanish clubs are thought to be living beyond their means.   Like many clubs in continental Europe, most of them they do not own their stadiums to use as collat

At a time when the Premiership model is under wide criticism as badly flawed it is interesting that La Liga have decided to imitate it and try to obtain foreign investment in Spanish clubs.   Barcelona and Real Madrid are run as mutual organisations of fans, but they are able to sell their television rights individually.  Other Spanish clubs are thought to be living beyond their means.   Like many clubs in continental Europe, most of them they do not own their stadiums to use as collateral for borrowings.  La Liga wants to stop the Premiership cornering the market in foreign investment.