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FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, Javier Tebas, the president of the Spanish La Liga, speaks during the World Football summit in Madrid, Spain. Tebas has accused Real Madrid president Florentino Perez of being behind the surprising announcement that Barcelona is pushing forward with the idea of a European Super League. In an interview The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 he said it was Perez who prodded outgoing Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu to talk about the proposed new league in an effort to give it more credibility. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Spanish league chief not expecting big signings this summer

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, Javier Tebas, the president of the Spanish La Liga, speaks during the World Football summit in Madrid, Spain. Tebas has accused Real Madrid president Florentino Perez of being behind the surprising announcement that Barcelona is pushing forward with the idea of a European Super League. In an interview The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 he said it was Perez who prodded outgoing Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu to talk about the proposed new league in an effort to give it more credibility. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Barcelona affected the most by new salary cap in Spain

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, Javier Tebas, the president of the Spanish La Liga, speaks during the World Football summit in Madrid, Spain. Tebas has accused Real Madrid president Florentino Perez of being behind the surprising announcement that Barcelona is pushing forward with the idea of a European Super League. In an interview The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 he said it was Perez who prodded outgoing Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu to talk about the proposed new league in an effort to give it more credibility. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Tebas: Pérez behind Bartomeu announcement on Super League

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Spanish police officers, standing on empty stands and wearing face masks to protect from the spread of coronavirus, watch the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Leganes and Real Madrid at the Butarque Stadium in Leganes, on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Sunday, July 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain’s perfect comeback tainted by outbreak in 2nd division

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Rayo Vallecano and Albacete soccer players play a second-division game in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. With virtual crowds, daily matches and lots of testing for the coronavirus, soccer is coming back to Spain. The Spanish league resumes this week more than three months after it was suspended because of the pandemic, becoming the second top league to restart in Europe. The Bundesliga was first. The Premier League and the Italian league should be next in the coming weeks. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Liga boss expects more player swaps in transfer window

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Workers walk into Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Monday, May 25, 2020. Spanish league clubs are now allowed to train with groups of up to 14 players as the league stays on track to restart in less than three weeks. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Spanish league not ruling out fans in stadiums this season

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Atletico Madrid, team players take part in the first group training session in Madrid, Spain, Monday May 18, 2020. All Spanish league clubs can begin group training sessions this week despite stricter lockdown restrictions remaining in place in parts of Spain because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Atletico de Madrid via AP)

Spanish clubs allowed to train with groups of up 14 players

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

In this photo provided by FC Barcelona, Barcelona's coach Quique Setien watches his players doing a training session in Barcelona, Spain on Friday May 8, 2020. Soccer players in Spanish player returned to train for the first time since the country entered a lockdown nearly two months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Miguel Ruiz/FC Barcelona via AP)

Spanish league has 5 positive tests, hopes to resume June 12

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday March 10, 2020 file photo a general view of the Mestalla stadium during the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Valencia and Atalanta in Valencia, Spain. The match is being in an empty stadium because of the coronavirus outbreak. All Champions League and Europa League games were postponed by UEFA on Friday March 13, 2020 because of the coronavirus outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

European competitions could wait for domestic leagues to end

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FIFA president Gianni Infantino, center, watches as Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, right, shake hands with Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, left, during the Club World Cup final soccer match between Liverpool and Flamengo at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Spanish league head takes on FIFA over expanding club event

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, Javier Tebas, the president of the Spanish La Liga, speaks during the World Football summit in Madrid, Spain. A Spanish court is going to decide Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 whether the Spanish league will be allowed to play the Villarreal-Atletico Madrid game in the United States next month. The league accuses the Spanish soccer federation of unfair competition for not giving its approval for the game scheduled for Dec. 6. The dispute is the latest between league president Javier Tebas and federation president Luis Rubiales, two outspoken figures in Spanish soccer who have been at odds over a series of issues. (AP Photo/Paul White, file)

Tebas to stay 4 more years as Spanish league president

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FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his opening goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona at Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spanish league chief triggers new election to seek new term

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FILE - In this Wednesday, June 13, 2018 file photo, Spanish football president Luis Rubiales gestures during a press conference at the 2018 soccer World Cup in Krasnodar, Russia. It probably wasn’t a good sign when one of the first actions taken by Luis Rubiales, the newly elected president of the Spanish soccer federation, was to fire the national team’s coach a day before the World Cup. At the time, his counterpart in the Spanish league, Javier Tebas, was already known for his unshakable determination to get things done his way. With two strong-minded men holding the most powerful positions in Spanish soccer, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a power feud has emerged. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, file)

Power feud: Spain’s top soccer officials at odds

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, Javier Tebas, the president of the Spanish La Liga, speaks during the World Football summit in Madrid, Spain. As Spanish league president Tebas sees it, expanding internationally is the only way to keep the league competitive. La Liga competitive with the Premier League and other top leagues. (AP Photo/Paul White, file)

Spanish league focuses on growing abroad to stay competitive

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Spanish league president summoned by judge to face questions

Associated Press