Javier Tebas said he was going to do it, and he did it. Two weeks after he announced it, La Liga president sent a formal complaint to UEFA against PSG and Manchester City for breaching the financial rules. And that’s not all. The head of the Spanish club football is taking his complaint all the way to the European Union as well, as he doesn’t want CAS to deny him (again) in his pursuit of the clear and transparent way of doing football business. The complaint against Manchester City was announced in April, before the Erling Haaland deal took place, but was now expanded, with PSG and their Kylian Mbappe extension in it.🚨| Official: La Liga has filed a fresh complaint with UEFA alleging PSG and Man City are continually breaching financial fair play regulations. #fcblive pic.twitter.com/VLFkIoFS5M— BarçaTimes (@BarcaTimes) June 15, 2022 „La Liga this week filed a complaint with UEFA against PSG, which will join another against Manchester City in April, for understanding that these clubs are continuously breaching the current financial fair play regulations. LaLiga considers that these practices alter the ecosystem and the sustainability of football, harm all European clubs and leagues, and only serve to artificially inflate the market, with money not generated in football itself. LaLiga understands that the irregular financing of these clubs is carried out, either through direct injections of money or through sponsorship and other contracts that do not correspond to market conditions or make economic sense. The complaints against Manchester City before UEFA were made in April and this last week the one corresponding to PSG has been presented, although it is not ruled out that in the coming days extensions of some of these complaints will be made with the contributions of new data. Additionally, LaLiga has contracted law firms in France and Switzerland, including the French firm of lawyer Juan Branco, with the aim of undertaking administrative and judicial actions before the competent French bodies and before the European Union as soon as possible. In Switzerland, LaLiga is studying different representation options due to possible conflicts of interest of Nasser Al-Khelaifi derived from his different roles in PSG, UEFA, ECA and BeIN Sports“ said La Liga in a statement.La Liga: Complaint over Mbappe drafted, Barca cannot sign LewaThe reason for this little delay is probably the precise formulation of the complaint, as Tebas was aware that their last complaint was turned down by CAS and he already said that they will try to make sure it doesn’t happen again. The point of the matter is that La Liga wants to end PSG and City’s constant money pumping without any consequences.”It is an attack on state clubs for oversized sponsorships. PSG has been losing 200 or 300 million per season. It’s more dangerous than the Super League. This has to be stopped. We are not going to allow a European team to destroy the ecosystem of European football. It’s not a problem of French football but of European football. We want Ligue 1 to be a sustainable competition. It’s not good for the industry. I believe this is what we have to do to defend European football and Spanish football and we are going to do it. From what I know, Haaland’s transfer, meaning the way it had to be carried out, would have been impossible for a club that has the transparency of Real Madrid. If he has gone to City, we need to see how that operation was achieved, not in terms of money but in terms of how it was structured. Haaland’s agent Mino Raiola’s successor has gotten 150 million euros, not sure if it is as commission or not. That’s what is happening in the market and those strange things are only done by a club like Manchester City, PSG and Chelsea in the past“ explained Tebas a few days ago, as per Marca.(1.22) AL AHLY CAIRO (6.50) EASTERN COMPANY (15.0)But, he will face a very strong opponent in none other than Aleksander Ceferin. UEFA president didn’t forget Real Madrid’s role in the Super League scandal, but also remembered that it was PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi who helped him during that period. And his stance is already known, without looking at the evidence.“Look, not Real Madrid or anyone else will tell UEFA what to do. They are outraged from one point of view and, as much as I know, their offer was similar to PSG’s offer. I’ve said that many times and I will say it again, tell me one argument why they (the states) shouldn’t be the owners of a club. I’m really tired of these accusations without any concrete grounds. I want to know who broke the rules and if you break the rules then you will be punished“ said Ceferin at the end of May to BBC.
