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La Liga seeks business in China - Javier Tebas

MADRID -- In an effort to expand its reach overseas, La Liga president Javier Tebas invited 40 leading Chinese businessmen to watch Real Madrid play Barcelona.

The aim, of course, was to impress upon them that football in Spain has commercial possibilities in China.

"We have to increase our income," Tebas said on Friday at a news conference. "We need to go out into the world more."

The league opened an office in Dubai last year and now has another in Beijing. They are available to Spanish clubs who want to increase their profile abroad. Tebas said four clubs had already signed deals with Chinese companies, although he did not give details.

Tebas also spoke about match-fixing, saying all Spanish matches are being monitored for manipulation.

"We have been active in research while maintaining regular meetings with national and international agencies and have asked police to create a specialised unit to deal with fraud," Tebas said.

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