In addition to Barcelona, Catalonia is home to two other La Liga clubs: Girona and Espanyol, as well as a host of clubs in lower leagues. "La Liga is not just Real Madrid and Barca. Alarcon has no doubt losing Barca would seriously damage the league's brand and hurt other Spanish teams such as Betis. "Having a global brand like La Liga logically helps us, and obviously the success of Real Madrid and Barcelona helps the brand of Spain and La Liga," he said. They are ranked fourth, behind Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in social media engagement.

Source: The Star October 18, 2017 14:37 UTC