La Liga Uncle Florentino 2016/2017

Who will win La liga?


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Messi983

Senior Member
I think La Liga overall has lost less talent this season than in previous years. And with more money that smaller clubs will have in the future they'll probably also be able to keep more and more talent over the next few years.

Atleti are now able to keep their best players, the same for Athletic (that is probably more due to loyalty of their players than their financial power but still). Sevilla is still seling their best players but have also invested a lot. Even a club like Las Palmas kept all their best players.

Not to mention that players like Ben Yedder, Franco Vazquez, Sansone, Roberto Soriano, Sisto,... also joined La Liga while some others like Juanmi, Toral, Roberto, Amorebieta... have return. Of course it's still impossible for clubs like Eibar or Gijon to financially compete with lower table EPL (or even Championship) clubs but I think situation is getting better. Eibar invested around 10M for new players this summer, the same as Malaga. And Betis spent more than 20M. Of course this is nothing compared to what EPL clubs are doing (most of them are just throwing money around and overpaying players) but still higher than in previous years.

One thing that really hinder La Liga clubs are obligatory release clauses which are usually very low. I think they should get rid of them so smaller clubs could get more for their players than they do now. A lot of talented youngsters have clauses lower than 5M which is absolutely nothing for EPL clubs.
 

serghei

Senior Member
Kevin Prince Boateng to Las Palmas was shocking. Don't remember a more high-profile transfer for such a small club like Las Palmas in La Liga.
 

Messi983

Senior Member
He's a big name but didn't really do much over the last few seasons and also had some disciplinary problems in Schalke. It was a risky signing as he could easily break team chemistry in a club like Las Palmas but so far so good. He's been great in first two games. Hopefully that injury he got in Granada match is not serious.
 

Neeraj

Senior Member
Ugh, I HATE international breaks. Even more so, when they come 2 freaking matches into the new season?! I mean come on, we've just had 2 international tournaments over the summer! What is this break even for? They better not be for friendlies!:throw:
 

Messi983

Senior Member
Yes, some games are friendlies. ;)


Overview of incoming transfers for all La Liga teams. In total they spend 490M€.

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Luftstalag14

Culé de Celestial Empire
Tebas is so clueless that it is really funny. Couldn't be further away from the truth. Nobody here cares about Celta vs. Atletico, certainly nobody will watch it over the Manchester Derby.

The EPL is leaving La Liga in the dust in terms of marketability, it is as simple as that. They really should be doing more to boost the league to bolster more revenues for everyone.

http://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2016/09/07/57cfccc146163fa2028b45df.html
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
Tebas is so clueless that it is really funny. Couldn't be further away from the truth. Nobody here cares about Celta vs. Atletico, certainly nobody will watch it over the Manchester Derby.

The EPL is leaving La Liga in the dust in terms of marketability, it is as simple as that. They really should be doing more to boost the league to bolster more revenues for everyone.

http://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2016/09/07/57cfccc146163fa2028b45df.html

Like it or not,one of the ways to boost the league is to say some shit like this.
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
In a bad way, like Donald Trump does.

Good,bad. It works. I've seen EPL in the Arab world calling them the best league in the World during the 90's and people get convinced by this shit (Calcio was way stronger than anyone at that time). In the end marketing isn't about honesty and truth
 

Luftstalag14

Culé de Celestial Empire
Good,bad. It works. I've seen EPL in the Arab world calling them the best league in the World during the 90's and people get convinced by this shit (Calcio was way stronger than anyone at that time). In the end marketing isn't about honesty and truth

In terms of temporarily grabbing some eyeballs, yes it worked. But people are not tuning into La Liga because of some stupid stuff like that.
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
In terms of temporarily grabbing some eyeballs, yes it worked. But people are not tuning into La Liga because of some stupid stuff like that.

La Liga has increasing popularity too and has been working on every aspect on its marketing. Shifting game times for Asia for example. continuous pre-season around the globe. Opening their arms for foreign investors etc .the league marketing has improved a lot in the past half decade IMHO. They are working on everything. PL has been doing this for couple of decades or so now so obviously Liga has long way to go.
 

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