UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin defends Premier League amid imbalance concerns

BIG WIGS: Gianni Infantino, left, president of FIFA, shakes hands with Aleksander Ceferin, president of UEFA, after delivering a speech at the start of the 47th ordinary UEFA congress in Lisbon. Pic: AP Photo/Armando Franca

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has leapt to the defence of the Premier League amid concerns its success is creating an imbalance in European football.

The gap between the English top flight and Europe's other big leagues in terms of broadcasting revenues and transfer spending has been highlighted as a problem by a number of observers of the sport at continental level, including LaLiga president and UEFA executive committee member Javier Tebas and Super League promoters A22.