The Spanish member of the European parliament, Santiago Fisas, believes that German club Bayern Munich is behind the complaint made against seven Spanish clubs for receiving illegal state aid.

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The complaint would be the origin of the investigation opened by the European Commission (EC), that has reportedly concluded that various measures of state help provided by Spain to those clubs "benefitted them unjustly compared with other clubs."

This would be a violation of the European Union's communitary law regarding state aid.

In declarations to radio programme 'La Graderia' of 'Cadena SER', Fisas said: "At least that is my information: that the complaint came from Bayern."

The EC ruled that those seven clubs that benefitted would have to pay back the various millions of euros of illegal public aid awarded by the Spanish state.

Real Madrid have to give back 18.4 million euros for the land deal with the Madrid city hall, while Valencia, Hercules and Elche are forced to return 20.4 million euros, 6.1 million euros and 3.7 million euros respectively for guaranteed granted to them by the Valencian Financial Institute.

Barça meanwhile, according to the EC, has to return 5 million euros for having obtained tax privileges, the same ruling affecting Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna.

Fisas admitted feeling "perplexed that the EC only sanctioned Spanish clubs and not those, for example, that have free municipal stadiums as that is also state aid."

The politician of the 'PP' party thinks that in Europe there is "envy at the Spanish sporting successes" and recalled the recent declarations of a former French female minister who accused Rafa Nadal of doping.