The majority of La Liga clubs have threatened to strike in protest against a proposed new sports law that they claim is in the interest of major clubs such as Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The Spanish League (La Liga), which manages the professional leagues in the country, called an extraordinary meeting on Thursday to discuss the next steps, including a possible strike in the face of the bill, which still needs to be approved by parliament.

This dispute pitted Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Athletic Bilbao and the Spanish Football Federation against La Liga.

There are major issues in the row over the law, which has the support of Spain's ruling socialists and the opposition conservative Popular Party.

La Liga is sticking to an agreement reached with CVC, which paid €2 billion in return for 8.2% of the association's image rights revenue for 50 years.

The League believes that this deal will give it the financial injection that allows it to compete with the English Premier League, but Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao opposed it, considering that “La Liga” gives up a lot for little money.

La Liga wants the new sports law to protect this agreement, arguing that major clubs oppose it because it calls for a more equitable distribution of football revenues between clubs.

Alfred Garcia, general manager of second-division club Granada, said the big clubs wanted to "return to the old football model where there were huge disparities that restricted the growth of more modest clubs".

But the Spanish Football Federation considers that the agreement with "CVC" ignores the modest amateur clubs, questioning the legitimacy of this agreement.

And the president of the Spanish Federation, Luis Rubiales, asked in an interview with the newspaper "El Pais" whether "the government and the main opposition party will now change the rules of the game and legalize what is illegal? And that would be very dangerous."

La Liga also wants the new sports law to allow it to sanction clubs that play in competitions it does not agree to, such as the breakaway European Super League from the Champions League still promoted by Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​as well as Juventus.

In an announcement published Tuesday in several Spanish newspapers, La Liga defended the need for a sports law that "does not favor the creation of the Super League, which is causing serious damage to Spanish football".

La Liga reported that the amendments responding to its concerns would have been included in the new law as part of an agreement between the ruling socialists and the conservative opposition, but ended up withdrawing them.