A few weeks after resigning, Spanish Football League president Javier Tebas was re-elected to his post on Tuesday for four years, La Liga said in a statement. The only candidate for his succession, Tebas, 61, was reappointed for a fourth consecutive term, “without the need to organize an extraordinary general meeting”, affirms the body.
The former president of Huesca is known for having reformed the system of television rights for Spanish football in 2015 by centralizing their marketing, while each club negotiated separately with the broadcasters. He was also at the initiative of creating financial fair play stricter than that imposed by UEFA, limiting clubs’ spending to the amount of what they earn. This system was recently relaxed in the face of criticism from many teams, including FC Barcelona, failing to validate their recruits.
The Spanish leader is also in open war with several major European clubs, such as Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City, who according to him distort the market “with money which is not generated by football” but by foreign state actors. He is also firmly opposed to the European Super League project, which would compete with the Champions League.