Can Serie A (and possibly La Liga?) manage to stay competitive in the long-run?

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Did you see the chart? Barca and Madrid are still upwards of 140m, more than any PL club, and have more merchandising than all of them except maybe United. They could still afford anyone they want from the PL.

Not really, I mean, isn't Messi's salary slightly above £300k per week? And Rooney is reportedly on £300k per week. That's where it comes down to the player's preference.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Did you see the chart? Barca and Madrid are still upwards of 140m, more than any PL club, and have more merchandising than all of them except maybe United. They could still afford anyone they want from the PL.

I think you're mistaken

Here's another chart for you :



151m pounds from the domestic deal alone for the top teams,thats €200m each season IGNORING the payment from international rights.

I'm not saying its not possible,just that it will be much more difficult to poach stars from epl.

The grass is always greener at Barca and Real, no TV income will change that.

I look at PSG and they just bullied Barca when they came asking for their players.
Who's to say EPL teams wont hold a similar stance ? Especially the top sides.Ofcourse there are going to be exceptions but in general it will be a difficult task to buy stars from the EPL.These EPL sides would want their own galacticos.

S wrote:I look at PSG and they just bullied Barca when they came asking for their players.
Who's to say EPL teams wont hold a similar stance ? Especially the top sides.Ofcourse there are going to be exceptions but in general it will be a difficult task to buy stars from the EPL.These EPL sides would want their own galacticos.

Why would Barca and Real need to buy stars from EPL?
How many of the Barca and Real players come from EPL? Suarez? Bale ( )? That's it.

Usually EPL doesn't make stars from young players, they buy stars from other leagues. And those stars from other leagues that would come to EPL, would prefer to go to Barca and Real in the first place if given the option.
So, Barca and Real will still have the 1st options on best players.

Despite being the first collective deal which will be undervalued because it's the first time La Liga has brought home some impressive numbers. The next deal will be real indicator of its market value imo.

Considering it got 600 mill from international rights which is almost half of epl 's for the same I will say LA Liga did a fine job. Compared to serie a 186 and Bundesliga 70.. It's huge number.

S wrote:I look at PSG and they just bullied Barca when they came asking for their players.
Who's to say EPL teams wont hold a similar stance ? Especially the top sides.Ofcourse there are going to be exceptions but in general it will be a difficult task to buy stars from the EPL.These EPL sides would want their own galacticos.

PSG's players are overrated mental midgets.

> 500 point gap in Ligue 1
> Can't beat the worst Benitez-led Madrid of all times over 2 games

Barca needs champion players with champion mentalities. Those who are comfortable playing in Spanish third division level competition (and in the case of some, like Marquinhos, not even playing but sitting on the bench behind clowns like David Luiz) aren't Barca material anyway. Great natural selection this way. Real champion players will force their way out regardless of the wealth of the club which they are playing for.

This also should end moles claim what bundesfoder is watched world wide as much as La Liga lmao

It just shows who is better at marketing and who started earlier with proper foreign marketing