Soccer-LaLiga hit by 892 million euros losses last season due to COVID-19 pandemic


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Spain - LaLiga - Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid - Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain - May 8, 2022 Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak in action REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's professional soccer clubs were hit by losses of 892 million euros during the 2020-21 as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged ticket sales and player transactions, LaLiga announced on Tuesday.

It is the first time since 2012 that the Spanish league made a loss, although the organisation expects to fully recover in two seasons.

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