LaLiga says Super League would mean 55% revenue loss and 'destroy an industry'

December 4 - A KPMG report commissioned by LaLiga estimates a 55% revenue loss for the Spanish league if a European Super League materializes.

For LaLiga clubs outside a Super League, the revenue loss would be even greater at 64%, the report says. It's a pattern that would repeat itself in all of Europe's Big 5 leagues, according to LaLiga.

According to LaLiga analysis, Barcelona's income would increase by €400m each with participation in a Super League. Across Europe, this would likely lead to a reduction in the total revenue that currently supports football, rather than an increase.

In a hard-hitting rebuttal of the Super League proposal, LaLiga said: "The creation of a separatist and elitist league would mean the end of Europe's domestic leagues, end a European tradition of more than 100 years and break the dream of millions of fans of national competitions.”

Putting the threat into numbers, LaLiga points out that domestic leagues account for more than 70% of European football revenue and are core components of the economic and sporting ecosystem of European football. The 40 European professional leagues and associations generate a total turnover of 25.725 billion euros, including 11 billion euros in audiovisual rights.

LaLiga says concentrating power among a small number of teams would mean 'the destruction of an industry', including the loss of tens of thousands of jobs and reduced tax revenue for public purses across the continent. It would also destroy the European sports model based on meritocracy.

Speaking during the presentation of the report, Javier Tebas (pictured), President of Laliga, said: "The format they are talking about is very detrimental to the national leagues, so they know that if they explain it , opposition to it will remain strong. Let's hope the Super League does not go ahead as it will destroy the local leagues and their supporters. We cannot allow football to be in the hands of the wealthiest clubs, we have to find a balance”.

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