Barca sees in the face of the Premiership his biggest rival, not Real Madrid

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu said the biggest rival Barcelona not Madrid, and the model of development of the Premiership.


"When people ask me who our rival, always answer the Premiership," said Bartomeu.

"The distribution of television rights, the organization of the championship, the fact that the league has constantly interesting matches. All this makes the Premier League our biggest rival, not Real Madrid. The sale of television rights for such a sum is the result of the development plan of the English Premier League in recent years, "added the president of Barcelona.

"Now in the Spanish Cup television rights are distributed in a more equitable manner. This is worse Barcelona for Real Madrid and for some other team, but we have to think long term. We need to make such a product that we can sell television rights as the Premier League and it will make our league more interesting, "said Josep Maria Bartomeu.