Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu has vowed to fight the Premier League's vast riches following the division's £5.1 billion television rights deal.
As of the 2016-17 season, clubs in the competition will be handed the huge financial injection, which could tempt the world's best players to head to England.
Real Madrid and Barcelona have attracted the game's biggest stars in recent seasons, with the likes of Neymar, Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez heading to Spain for astronomical fees.
Bartomeu - who was elected Barca president last weekend - remains confident those players will remain in Spain, but acknowledged the Premier League's monetary might.
He told BBC Sport: "We are going to fight against the Premier League. We want to have the best players in our league.
"It's true that the Premier League right now is the best league competition in the world, not only in a sporting way but in terms of income too.
"The new Premier League television rights contract is something that the rest of the leagues have to follow.
"But no other club in the world has as big an income as Barcelona."
Barcelona won the treble last season in coach Luis Enrique's first season in charge of the club.
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