Sevilla vice-president Jose Maria Cruz has warned that up to 15 La Liga clubs will be forced to take severe action if there is not a change in the distribution of television rights in the near future.

Barcelona and Real Madrid currently receive over 50 per cent of the money for the league as a whole at around €135 million a season each with the third highest recipient Valencia making only €48m.

Sevilla, led by their president Jose Maria del Nido, have often led the charge for a fairer distribution of rights in recent years, but Cruz claims that with 75 per cent of the league willing to take action on the issue, now is the time for change.

Speaking after a meeting attended by 13 clubs in Madrid, he told AS: “The most reasonable thing is to have this debate not in private but within the LFP.

“We have the previous bad experience of having a preview meeting with an order for the day drawn up that the league then refused to convene. We hope that now they will adopt a different decision. If they have deaf ears to this petition from the majority of the clubs, we will adopt measures of strength.

“The positive thing was the presence of 13 of the 15 teams called upon. Malaga and Valencia couldn’t attend for justifiable reasons but they confirmed their assistance.

“Rayo Vallecano, Mallorca and Granada have been incorporated and where there were just six clubs previously today there are 15 more or less in agreement.

“The league is giving fewer and fewer answers to the collective interest of the league and more to Real Madrid and Barcelona.

“This is what the clubs have responded to. It is not possible to trust the league in its current form.”

Cruz said that the next step would be to discuss with television providers Mediapro and Canal+ a solution that would benefit all the clubs involved, including a fairer allocation of kick-off times.

He added: “We want to agree on an operating model for a rational and orderly system of rights for the coming years, including a transparent, consensual and balanced arrangement of fixtures and kick-off times for all teams.”