Fernando González Urbaneja | For years now, professional football has been experiencing a rise in value fuelled by television rights and by new entrants to the sector (sovereign wealth funds and private equity) which are increasing the value of the spectacle to the point of a typical bubble, which will burst when there are no assets left to be fattened. Spain’s top clubs have gone from a situation of bankruptcy…
Fernando González Urbaneja | If the case of the trains that don’t fit through the tunnels was a grotesque case typical of a country of breakdowns, Barça’s payments to a professional referee with a federative position confirms the hypothesis of breakdown. For almost two decades, throughout this century, the leading Catalan sports club, more than a club, has spent more than seven million euros in unexplained and perhaps inexplicable payments…
MADRID | Making them pay will prove difficult. Speaking to Hispanidad.com, tax lawyer Eduardo Cardona said most clubs have no assets to be seized.