Spain's women's league value plummets as market offers just €3

The women's league collapses: from €7m to €2m with offers of €3

Spain's Liga F, the top women's football league, is in free fall: its starting price has dropped from €7m to €2m. The market's response has been brutal: bids of €3 and $1 in an auction nobody seems to want to win. The competition, which aspired to become fully professional, is facing symbolic demand and only one possible buyer on the horizon: the state.

The real valuation of the competition

The contrast between the figures could not be starker: from an initial valuation of €7m, it is now being offered for €2m, and interested parties respond with joke amounts. Some recall they wouldn't pay those figures even for beach volleyball, and comparisons with midnight clearance sales are inevitable. The conclusion is that, today, the women's league does not generate enough interest to sustain itself.

Public money as a lifeline

Faced with this scenario, the Spanish government emerges as the only solvent bidder. Estimates point to an injection of between €10m and €20m to prevent the collapse. Supporters present the move as a commitment to equality; critics see it as a disguised subsidy for an unviable project. The irony is obvious: what cannot be sold on the market is being kept afloat with everyone's money.

If the collapse comes, the teams that bet on expansion without any demand behind it will pay the price. The women's league is worth the price of a coffee today, and the only one who can pay for it is the taxpayer.