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LaLiga president Javier Tebas will report the Premier League to UEFA for 'unsustainable spending' and causing 'transfer inflation' after splurging almost £2BILLION on players this summer - and warns lack of control could 'ENDANGER' the sport LaLiga president Javier Tebas is preparing a report for UEFA on transfer inflation The Premier League spent almost £2billion on players, LaLiga only '£404million' However English top flight had net spend of £1183m to Spanish league's £45.8m

By Dominic Hogan For Mailonline

Published: 09:09 BST, 10 September 2022 | Updated: 09:09 BST, 10 September 2022

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Javier Tebas is preparing a report for UEFA after concerns that the money spent by clubs in the English top flight is inflating transfer fees across Europe.

The LaLiga president fears that the Premier League's record spending of nearly £2billion pounds is a danger to 'sustainable European football', and as such has begun a written report to the governing body.

Whilst clubs in the English top flight racked up an enormous bill of almost £2b spent on players, Tebas' LaLiga clubs ranked behind Serie A and Ligue 1 for expenditure with just '£404million'.

LaLiga president Javier Tebas will report the Premier League to UEFA for unsustainability

The 60-year-old said: 'Premier League revenues are 1.8 times more than LaLiga or Bundesliga but this negative amount is 20 times more than the Spanish league which has very good financial control.

'Something doesn't make sense there, so what's happening? There's a lot of chequebooks coming out from clubs like Manchester City that sign a certain amount of players. Even the Championship lost