LaLiga has lambasted the Premier League for "cheating" after it was revealed that English top-flight clubs spent a record £815 million (R17 billion) in the January transfer window.
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The biggest spenders were Chelsea, who were responsible for 37% of the English top flight's total, equivalent to more than the combined spend by all clubs in the Bundesliga, LaLiga, Serie A and Ligue 1, it is said.
The Blues, who currently find themselves in 10th position on the EPL log, capped off their window by paying a British-record £106.8 million (R2.2 billion) to sign Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez from Benfica on transfer deadline day.
LaLiga president Javier Tebas has since taken to social media to share a video of corporate general director Javier Gomez saying that the Spanish league would ask UEFA to do more about the spending that Premier League sides do.
"We are aware there is a lot of talk about how LaLiga's economic control means Spanish clubs sign less than Premier League clubs," he says in the video clip posted on Twitter, as per the Daily Mirror.
"Let's explain what's behind that. What's the truth? The reality is that, at LaLiga, we want clubs to spend what they can afford and generate themselves, that is to say, their own revenues.
"It is true that shareholders are also allowed to support the club and put money in to spend more than the club itself can generate, but within certain limits.
"What's the issue? Essentially, they [Premier League owners] are 'doping' the club. They are injecting money not generated by the club for it to spend, which puts the viability of the club at risk if the shareholder leaves.
"In our opinion, that is cheating, because it drags down the rest of the leagues.
"That is our fight, demanding that UEFA implements a new economic regulation that prevents the shareholder of a club from putting in more than a certain amount, and that it enforces this rule and sanctions non-compliant clubs.
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"It doesn't matter which league or country it is, they should sanction clubs that don't comply with this regulation."
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