Only one reported instance of LaLiga teams failing to pay their players in 2017/18 LaLiga Historic drop in complaints

The joint commission of LaLiga and the Spanish Players' Association (AFE) has confirmed that last season saw only one complaint for non-payment by a player to a club.

In addition, the number of clubs denounced for failing to pay their players has also dipped from 24 in 2012/13 to just the one involved in the lone incident.

Since the arrival of Javier Tebas as the league's president in 2012/13, complaint figures have significantly dropped from a total of 153 to almost none at all.

Moreover, according to a LaLiga report after the 2016/17 campaign, clubs debts have been reduced from 650 million euros to 96m euros in the last four seasons.