La Liga, which runs the top two divisions of Spanish soccer, believes it can close the gap in revenues between it and the English Premier League in the next 10 years with an ambitious plan to expand its international audience. Javier Tebas, La Liga's president, said the Premier League earned about 40 percent more that the Spanish league, which draws in some 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion) a year in television rights. "I have no doubt that within 10 years we will practically be equal to the Premier League or at least within 10 percent," he said at the opening of a La Liga office in Brussels. "On an international level there is less of a difference, but that's our main objective -- to get closer to the Premier League," Tebas said late on Tuesday. Tebas said La Liga's biggest advantage relative to the Premier League was the quality of its clubs and players.

Source: dna November 29, 2017 10:43 UTC