By AFPMore by this AuthorMADRIDLa Liga has reported record revenues of 3.6 billion euros for last season but it remains a long way short of the numbers posted by England´s Premier League. "This is the best season in terms of La Liga's economic and financial results," La Liga chief executive Javier Gomez said. But the most recent figures for the Premier League alone, from the 2015-16 season in England, amounted to 3.6 billion pounds, then around 4.9 billion euros. For the current 2017-18 season, La Liga officials hope revenue will exceed the 4 billion euro mark for the first time. "La Liga is on the rise financially but is still some way off catching the Premier League, which remains European football´s trailblazer," Dr Rob Wilson, football finance expert at Sheffield Hallam University, told Agence France Presse.

Source: Daily Nation April 19, 2018 17:26 UTC