LaLiga will sue FIFA

The league declared that the FIFA “continuing its bad practice of making unilateral decisions on the world soccer calendar,” he said the aforementioned international soccer body “totally ignores the economic damage” for “leagues around the world ” and focused “especially on the new competition of clubs that seriously affects” the league competitions.

In his statement in the evening, after the “announcements” on Tuesday in the Congress of FIFA which is celebrated in Rwandasuch as expanding from 32 to 48 participating teams in the next 2026 World Cup, The league He warned that he “already has a case pending at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD) against FIFA”, presented “in December” and “dealing with similar issues”, referring to the format of Club World Cup with 32 teams.

“The FIFA continues its bad practice of making unilateral decisions on the world football calendar, showing complete disregard for the importance of national championships, and the football community in general,” LaLiga said in its note.

“FIFA it completely ignores the economic damage these decisions are causing to leagues around the world. Some leagues were not consulted about any of the changes presented today, especially about the new annual club competition, which we are not fully aware of its existence, and which seriously affects our competitions,” he added. .

According to LaLeaguea, “these decisions do not take into account the competitive, sporting and economic impact on national leagues, clubs and players, by further cramming an overloaded schedule.”

“LaLiga and other leagues represented in the World Leagues Forum will review the decisions of FIFA and decide on the most appropriate next steps,” he announced.

“The FIFA It only considers a small group of clubs and players, when in the professional soccer ecosystem there are many professional leagues, thousands of clubs and players that do not participate in international competitions but are affected. FIFA seems to forget this and think only a few, ignoring the impact on all players in professional football,” he remarked.

“Therefore, in these steps the FIFA moving away from the objective of protecting the interests of the football industry, where an environment of balance between national and international football must be fostered for the benefit of football in general,” he added.

“There is a pending case against LaLiga Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD) against FIFA. The case, which was filed in December, deals with similar issues following FIFA’s unilateral announcements about the format of the Club World Cup.”