
LaLiga president Javier Tebas insists they will survive the departure of Lionel Messi.
It's been claimed the competition lost it's star dust after Messi left Barcelona for PSG in August.
Tebas told L'Equipe: "All these players are gone, but we have an increase of 13 to 14% of our international rights for the next four seasons ... It is reality, with or without Messi.
"It's good to have these players, but our strategy is not dependent on them. We knew these players would be leaving, either because of their age or for some other reason. The value of the rights to a competition does not depend on the names in it.
"The United States has just bought our rights from us for eight years. Who knows who will be La Liga players in five years? And there are always great players. For me, (Real Madrid striker) Benzema is the best number 9 in Europe. There is really nothing to be pessimistic about."
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