Ramos to his former team: Go find another league

Sevilla should go and find another league to play in if they are unhappy with La Liga, Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos said in response to criticism from his former club of Real and Barcelona's dominance in Spain.

Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido slammed the structure of the Spanish football league and said that only two teams could win the title after Real and Barca won their opening matches of the season 6-0 and 5-0 respectively last weekend.

"If he doesn't like this one, why doesn't he look for another," Ramos told reporters as he joined up for international duty with the Spain squad on Wednesday.

Del Nido described the league as "third-world" and "rubbish" because of the way Barca and Real took half of the total revenue earned from television rights, stirring up a debate on the state of Spanish football.

Ganso wrote:for what team does Ramos play again?

The concept of a "European Super League" consisting of the best football clubs from across Europe has been discussed for years and has occasionally been officially proposed, but the idea has not yet got off the ground. In 1998, Italian company Media Partners seriously investigated the idea.[1] The plan died after UEFA moved to expand the Champions League competition and do away with the Cup Winners' Cup in order to better accommodate clubs that were considering defecting in order to join the proposed Super League.[2] In July 2009, Real Madrid's Florentino Pérez championed the idea. In August 2009, Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger predicted a super league would become reality within 10 years time due to revenue pressure on the continent's elite teams.[3]

On July 4, 2009, Florentino Pérez criticized the current Champions League, saying "we have to agree a new European Super League which guarantees that the best always play the best - something that does not happen in the Champions League."[4] Perez stated that he would push for a break-away competition featuring Europe's traditional powerhouses if UEFA didn't do more to ensure these teams played each other annually.[5]
Under Perez's plan, the continent's best teams would remain part of their respective national systems, but would be guaranteed the opportunity to play each other at the conclusion of the regular league season.[5

Barcelona & Real Madrid will leave La Liga at some point - Jorge Valdano

The Santiago Bernabeu club's former general director has voiced his opinion that the two Spanish giants will say farewell to the domestic league in the future

Former Real Madrid general director Jorge Valdano expects the capital outfit and Barcelona to leave La Liga at some point in the future, with a European league proving to be more interesting for them.

Sevilla president Jose Maria Del Nido recently ridiculed La Liga for its lack of competitiveness due to the domination of the big two and Valdano thinks it's only a matter of time before Barca and Madrid have had enough.

"In the future Madrid and Barcelona will be forced to look elsewhere for clubs that develop at the same speed. That will eventually move to a European league," Valdano was quoted as saying by Cadena Ser.

"The gap between the big two and the rest is only getting bigger in the next few years. You can't help but feel that it will only get worse over time.

"Barcelona and Real Madrid have the entire world as their market, while the others only have their local community."

Barcelona started their 2011-12 league campaign with a 5-0 win over Villarreal, while Real Madrid beat Zaragoza 6-0 to underline their dominance.

Zealous wrote:Del Nido is jumping up and down about TV deals when he can't even fill his team's stadium (the fans are probably at home trying to improve their team TV ratings LOL)

Doc wrote:I totally agree with Del Nido but I also wondering if Real and Barca deserves all the blame. If I recall, Real and Barca look out for their own interest as do the other clubs. Would it not be the lack of foresight and know how by La Liga bigwigs in not seeing how badly run the tv rights are. Yes, Real and Barcelona have a huge say but Man Utd is also a rather influential club in England and still has to go with the Premier League's ruling.

I'm just saying, Real Madrid and Barcelona have some blame to accept but can't be an excuse for LFP's lack of management skills...