Fran Canal, general manager of Osasuna in Spain’s top flight, would like to set an NBA-style salary cap for European teams to balance the difference between clubs and budgets.

“In Spain we have the fairest and strongest financial controls of all European leagues, but at the same time it is a problem when it comes to competing with other European clubs without these restrictions,” Kanal told the Professional Football Forum, an event organized in Brussels Union of European Clubs, EFE reports, Agerpres reports.

Created six months ago and supported by the European Commission, this body has approximately 102 clubs from 32 countries (including 24 Spanish, 9 English, 2 German and 4 Italian) and seeks to become the voice of humble clubs and ensure they have more weight in governance European football.

At a forum organized by La Liga, Osasuna’s CEO explained that he believes a “common salary cap for all teams” needs to be set as calendars become tighter and force clubs to secure better fixtures and more players.

In this context, Canal explained, the competition is distorted by those teams that have greater financial potential.

“It is very difficult to put a limit on where the money comes from, but we can put a limit on what is spent,” added the Navarra group general manager of the cash infusions some clubs receive from foreign investors such as Qatar in Par Saint-Germain” (PSG) and prevent football from turning into “a race in which the more money we invest, the more chances we have to win.”

“We have a clear management problem,” added Kanal, who lamented that “a very small number of teams, 1%, represent 100%” and only decide aspects such as the competition calendar.

Canal also called for adapting the governance of European football to the “model” of twenty years ago, in which small clubs “did not participate or participated very little” in continental competitions: “For now, the voice of the humble team, the team with fewer resources, must be heard.”