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>>> THEY SAY MONEY MAKES THE

WORLD GO ROUND.

THAT IS DEFINITELY THE CASE IN

FOOTBALL.

WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT YOU CAN

EXPECT IN EUROPEAN FOOTBALL

OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

NOBODY SPENDS LIKE THE

>> Reporter: FOUR.

YOU HAVE TO GET TO NINTH BEFORE

YOU EVEN SEE A NON-ENGLISH

TEAMS.

ONLY TWO TEAMS WHO AREN'T

ENGLISH.

WE HAVE SOME EUROPEAN/SPANISH

FOOTBALL EXPERTS.

I'M INTERESTED.

HOW DOES SPAIN AND EUROPE AS A

GENERAL CONTINENT, FEEL ABOUT

THAT?

>> IN ONE WAY, IT IS FEARLESS.

AS YOU SAID, THEY HAD MULTIPLE

ACTIONS FOR THESE EUROPEAN

TEAMS.

LOOKING INTO THE PREMIER

LEAGUE.

GENERALLY, THE FEAR IS HOW WE

STOP THIS.

THEY ARE AHEAD.

THEY HA TO IMPROVE THE

TELEVISION RIGHTS, DOMESTICALLY

AND ABROAD.

WE ALSO HAVE TO STOP WHAT HE

CALLS THE FINANCIAL DOPING OF

NEWCASTLE AND MANCHESTER CITY.

THAT SHOULD HE STOPPED.

IT DOESN'T ALLOW COMPETITIONS

TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE

FEELING OF THAT MONEY.

OTHER TEAMS CAN COMPETE RIGHT

NOW WITH THE PREMIER LEAGUE.

THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED

TO GET TO FOR THE EUROPEAN

SUPER LEAGUE.

THEY BOUNCE THESE THINGS OUT A

LITTLE BIT.

I KNOW PEOPLE ARGUE AGAINST

THAT.

IT IS THE FEELING ABROAD THAT

SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.

STOP THE PREMIER LEAGUE.

THIS IS BETTER THAN ANYBODY.

NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

HOW CAN WE GET CLOSE TO THAT?

IT IS FEELING TO ME LIKE THE

PREMIER LEAGUE IS FLYING AWAY

FROM EVERYONE .

>> I WOULD LIKE TO DISAGREE

WITH THAT.

NAMELY, YOU TALK ABOUT REAL

MADRID.

THIS IS A TEAM THAT FOR YEARS,

HAVE COME TO THE PREMIER

LEAGUE, AND CHERRY PICKED THE

BEST PLAYERS.

THAT IS WHAT REAL MADRID DID.

THEY HAVE ALWAYS DONE THAT.

THEY HAVE ALWAYS ATTACKED WITH

THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD

WHO HAVE GONE THERE.

NOTORIOUSLY, BEFORE WHAT YOU

ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS

HAPPENING IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE

RIGHT NOW, MADRID HAD THE MOST

MONEY.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FINE.

>> WHAT I'M DOING, AND WHAT I'M

SAYING, IS THAT IT IS

DIFFERENT.

>> IT HAS NEVER BEEN EVIL

BEFORE.

BARCELONA AND RELIGION HAVE

ALWAYS TO THE BEST PLAYERS IN

THE WORLD FROM EVERY OTHER

CLUB.

>> SO YOU AGREE?

>> THIS IS A DIFFERENT

SITUATION.

IT IS THE WORD HYPOCRITICAL.

EVERYBODY IS PROUD OF HAVING

THE LEAGUE IN WHICH THE MONEY

IS DISTRIBUTED EVENLY.

IT IS MAKING THE CONTRIBUTION

BETTER.

WHEN IT COMES TO EUROPE, WE

CRASHED THE PREMIER LEAGUE

CLUBS.

WE SHOULD DO IT.

>> THIS IS JUST FOR THE SAME

REASON THAT IT WILL BECOME MORE

COMPETITIVE.

>> IT IS DIFFERENT 14 TIMES.

WHAT WILL THEY DO FOR OTHER

TEAMS RIGHT THERE?

THEY ARE TAKING FROM ALL OF THE

BEST PLAYERS.

THEY WILL MANAGE TO WIN IT.

DON'T WE WANT TO GO TO A PLACE

THAT IS DIFFERENT?

THEY ARE GOING INTO THEIR OWN

LEAGUE.

YOU HAVE THE MOST MONEY FROM

THE TV RIGHTS.

>> I WAS LOOKING AT PEREZ.

>> WERE YOU ON THE DEBATE TEAM

AT SCHOOL?

I CAN IMAGINE YOU.

>> YOU MENTIONED MANCHESTER

CITY AND NEWCASTLE IN TERMS OF

DOPING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

>> THEY INSIST ON THE IDEA THAT

YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING

MONEY INTO A CLUB.

IT SHOULD REPRESENT THE REAL

VALUE.

THIS IS WHAT PSG HAVE GOTTEN

WITH.

THEY DON'T REPRESENT THE REAL

MARKET VALUE.

IT IS INFLATED.

THEY HAVE MORE MONEY.

THEY CAN BUY BIGGER PLAYERS.

THIS IS NOT ME TALKING ABOUT

IT.

IT IS WHAT HAS BEEN THROWN

THERE.

WHAT IS INTERESTING, IS THAT I

WAS TRYING TO DISTRIBUTE MONEY.

THAT WAS MY IDEA.

WHAT HE IS SAYING, IS CAN WE

GET CLOSER TO THE PREMIER

LEAGUE IN TERMS OF TELEVISION

RIGHTS AND THE COMMERCIAL

DEALS?

THE ANSWER REALLY, IS NO.

>> WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?

WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD

HAPPEN?

>> I'M MORE DEMOCRATIC.

EUROPEAN, CALL IT WHATEVER.

THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, THIS IS

WHERE THEY HAVE A CHANCE OF

GETTING SOMETHING.

THEY WON.

AS IT IS.

CAN WE DO THAT?

THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS

THROUGH THE REDUCE PLAN FOR

WAGES.

>> IS THE WORD DEMOCRATIC SEEM

TO BOTHER YOU?

>> IT IS NOT THAT.

YOU HAVE TO CALL IT AS IT IS.

THE PREMIER LEAGUE WORKED TO

ARRIVE WHERE THEY ARRIVE . WE

ALL KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE

DIFFICULT TO STOP.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO COMPETE WITH

THE PREMIER LEAGUE?

ON THE FIELD, ULTIMATELY, IF WE

TAKE SPAIN, THEY COMPETE WITH

THE PREMIER LEAGUE.

I WILL GO WITH LAST YEAR.

REAL MADRID ARE ON THEIR WAY TO

WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE BEATING

LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER CITY.

>> DO YOU CREATE A SUPER

LEAGUE?

IS THAT THE ANSWER?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

IT IS ONE THING THAT I SAID.

FOR SOME PEOPLE, THE PREMIER

LEAGUE IS THE SUPER LEAGUE.

IT IS VIEWED AS A SUPER LEAGUE.

WHEN I SAW THAT, I AGREE.

IN FRANCE, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE

GREAT SUPER CLUBS, IT IS WHAT

THE TEAM CAN GO AND GET.

THIS IS SURPRISING ME ON THE

LIST.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHELSEA,

LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER UNITED,

YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE

THERE.

TEAMS LIKE THAT BENEFIT FROM

WHAT THE PREMIER LEAGUE BECAME.

I'M NOT UPSET WITH THOSE GUYS

THAT DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.

WHEN THEY ARRIVE ON THE MARKET,

THEY ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN

SOME OF THE BIG CLUBS IN

EUROPE.

A CLUB CAN COMPETE ON THE

FIELD.

THIS IS GREAT.

YOU CANNOT COMPETE WITH THE

PREMIER LEAGUE, AND THAT IS

FINANCIALLY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU STOP IT.

>> WE HAVE THE CYCLES FROM THE

GALACTIC ERA.

YOU HAD THE 1990s IN ITALY.

IT IS THIS A CYCLE FOR THE

PREMIER LEAGUE AS WELL?

IS IT DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW THIS

KIND OF COMES TO AN END?

>> I AGREE WITH THIERRY HENRY.

IT IS NOT SHOWING ON THE PITCH.

THEY ARE THE BEST LEAGUE IN

EUROPE.

IT IS NOT VERY DIFFERENT RIGHT

NOW.

THEY WILL GO AND WIN THE EUROPE

HE AND LEAGUE.

IT IS FROM THE MANAGERS.

YOU HAVE TO START AGAIN ALL THE

TIME.

IT WOULD BE NICE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION

WOULD BE.

EVERYBODY CAN COMPETE.

AS YOU SAY, IT IS A LEVEL

PEELED PLAYING FIELD.

ESPECIALLY IN THE UK, IT IS NOT

A QUESTION.

THEY ARE THE VILLAINS.

WHATEVER THEY DECIDE IS BAD.

ACTUALLY, IT IS PART OF THE

DEBATE.

WILL IT BE BETTER?

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