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Spain planning law to force TV bargaining

The legislation, expected to be presented towards the end of this year, would do away with the practice of clubs signing deals with broadcasters individually, Cardenal said in an interview with radio station Cope.

Under the current system, Real Madrid and Barcelona, the world's richest clubs by income, split around half of the total pot of 650 million euros for La Liga rights between them.

"It's an extremely important issue because it's the main source of funding [for the clubs]," Cardenal said.

"The idea is that the new law will regulate the collective sale [of TV rights] and that they will be sold in a single package," he added.

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, who are through to this season's Champions League semi-finals to face Barca and Real respectively, earned 81.4 million and 60.4 million from broadcasting, the report showed.

Significantly, Cardenal said it would be up to the clubs themselves to decide how the money is shared out, although he added that "it would be natural to expect the gap between those who get the most and those who get the least to narrow".

Malaga, who were fourth, earned 14.8 million and Europa League and King's Cup finalists Athletic Bilbao 17.8 million.