{"id":1764,"date":"2011-11-08T11:08:40","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T10:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2023-02-28T21:43:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:43:29","slug":"sandro-rosell-said-he-wants-fewer-clubs-in-la-liga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/sandro-rosell-said-he-wants-fewer-clubs-in-la-liga\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandro Rosell said he wants fewer clubs in La liga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sandro Rosell<\/strong> said that in <strong>Spain<\/strong>, <strong>football<\/strong> is going to come up against huge financial problems and he was against selling <strong>Spanish <\/strong>clubs to overseas buyers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My opinion is that our league has too many clubs,&#8221; Rosell said. &#8220;We have 20 and we should go down to 18, then to 16. 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