After the events that occurred this past summer, specifically the demotion of Real Murcia and the non-registration of Pedro León as player of Getafe FC[1], standards of economic and financial control introduced by the Spanish Professional Football League (LFP) have come to the fore. For many people (especially the fans of the affected clubs), it can be understood as an illegitimate intrusion of the LFP in the internal management of clubs, but we must not forget that the LFP is nothing more than the assembly of the clubs that participate in the first and second division and therefore they are the ones who have decided to implement those control measures to prevent situations such as Real Zaragoza, RC Deportivo La Coruña, Rayo Vallecano, Valladolid, etc. where the overhang ended with the well-known...

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