“If you watch the EPL now it is a product.Despite the presence of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the Spanish top division, its revenues from television and other sources are less than half that of the Premier League.Germany’s Bundesliga reaped the most benefit of the English raids.7 million. The grass is the greenest it can ever be, the stadia are always full, or nearly full, and the product is very attractive,” said the analyst.54 billion) in two months up to Wednesday, provoking delight and fright in equal measures amongst Europe’s other leagues.”Bridge insisted “there will be a closing of the gap” between England and Spain, although other European leagues have not yet found a formula to rival the Premier League.

De website.38 billion euros/.In comparison, Italy’s Serie A clubs spent about £590 million, the German Bundesliga £460 million, Spain’s La Liga £400 million and France’s Ligue 1 just £165 million, according to the Deloitte consultancy.Enriched by a £5.The German league’s cheaper tickets, less than half the average price of English clubs, keeps Bundesliga crowds high.About 190 million euros of the Premier League spree landed in the bank accounts of German clubs. Another 176 million euros went to Spanish clubs and 161 million euros to Aluminium Casement Window Factory Italian sides, according to the transfermarkt.Premier League clubs hunting the likes of Paul Pogba spent ten times as much as French Ligue 1 counterparts during the transfer window, but envious rivals are nervously laughing all the way to the bank.Television revenues are the main cause of the difference between England and France.

“In the future, we predict the Spanish league will come second to the EPL and there is no reason why they can’t kick on and generate the same amount in TV money.“The key for me is the development of the Spanish league,” Bridge said.“We do not want the Premier League as a leader one step ahead of the rest,” Tebas said.But Spain is showing the way to catch up, according to Tim Bridge, a senior manager at Deloitte’s sports business division.“They are trying to create a product that is more available and appropriate for a global audience which is what is driving the value alongside what is going on on the pitch,” said Bridge.Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel said fans can no longer relate to the money being spent on players.La Liga has in recent months taken action to cut back on empty seats in stadiums.But Germany, like other championships, worries about losing fans in the fantastic sums now being paid for players who generate as much news as pop stars. They have created something.

At 726 million euros a year, Ligue 1 domestic rights are less than half those of the Premier League.165 billion (1.The world record £89 million that Manchester United paid Juventus caused a “Pogba effect” that helped the Italian team buy Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain for an Italian record 90 million euros.Christian Heidel, sporting director for Germans Schalke, who sold Leroy Sane to Manchester City for 42 million euros, said this week that prices rise as soon as an English club comes knocking.“They have gone out to sell TV rights centrally and seen an initial rise in how much they can generate, which is signficant.NBA effectBut Javier Tebas, president of La Liga warned this year that there is a risk of the Premier League becoming “the NBA of football, and that would not be good for us, not for the sport”.“When it’s just about money and transactions, we lose sight of the fact we’re dealing with people,” he said.“If English managers are on the phone, then the (transfer) sums are automatically higher,” he said.The 20 English Premier League clubs laid out £1.14 billion domestic TV rights deal, 13 of the 20 Premier League clubs broke their transfer records this year and most of those mega fees went on foreign players like Algerian Islam Slimani, who joined English champions Leicester City for an estimated £29