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La Liga Chief’s Feud With P.S.G. President Veers Into Court

A multimillion-dollar dispute between the Spanish league and its Qatari broadcast partner, beIN Media Group, is the latest flare-up in the battle between two of the most powerful men in soccer.

The La Liga president, Javier Tebas, has been a vocal critic of the spending by Gulf-owned clubs, and Qatar-owned Paris St.-Germain in particular.Credit...David Fernandez/EPA, via Shutterstock

For months, it seemed, the feud between the leader of Spain’s top soccer league and the president of the Qatar-owned French team Paris St.-Germain has played out noisily, and in public.