An outspoken and often (if not always) critical, La Liga president Javier Tebas went to the ‘lion’s den’ on Thursday, i.e to London, to speak in a Sports Forum. But the Spaniard had no problem saying the same things he always says, but this time he was talking directly to the club’s representatives, and he was critical again. Tebas is a strong supporter of balance and the financial rules in football, so it is logical that he always talks about Manchester City, PSG and Barcelona as negative example.Do you miss the time when Real Madrid signed galacticos?Javier Tebas: “No, I don’t miss it and I do not want that. I do not like that Real Madrid can easily buy players. I want a balanced competition between everyone.” pic.twitter.com/jec4AWf5Ll— Los Blancos Live (@TheBlancosLive) March 2, 2023 Speaking at the Sports Forum and business organized by the Financial Times in London, Tebas revealed that he was critical of Manchester City back in 2017, when he got an angry call from their CEO, but he also spoke about Real’s wealth, the Super League and PSG’s false sponsorships. Tebas also said that the inquiry about City’s rule breaches is late.“City’s CEO Ferran Soriano asked me to go to the club’s facilities, he was angry with me in 2017. Nothing has changed since then. This case, in my opinion has taken a long time. They have broken 100 rules. The appropriate decisions will have to be made. City and PSG were sanctioned by UEFA without being able to play in European competitions and the CAS was the one that changed it. Perhaps we have to review the role of the CAS in all this. Everything I have always said about PSG I will have to repeat. What shouldn’t really happen is they come up with fake sponsorships or structures over the clubs so expenses can be dealt with creatively – not within the arena of football. We have seen inflated sponsorship, then you create a structure. This is a little bit dangerous and we have to pay attention” said Tebas.La Liga supremo declares war on English clubs: Stop producing losses, you’re ruining the sportLa Liga’s president also hinted out that losing money is not good to inflation, but having a lot of money is also not so great and gave Real’s example.“If you are constantly losing money, you introduce inflation and affect the rest of the teams in Europe. Maybe Real Madrid can spend the same as a Premier League team, but Barcelona can’t, and Madrid doesn’t and inflation doesn’t increase. I don’t want Real Madrid to buy what they want easily. We have to adapt to the situation in the industry today. We want a balanced competition. Barcelona is very important for La Liga, but if we look the other way, it would be a serious mistake. Our competition would collapse. Perhaps now its president will call me angry, but it’s the truth” explained La Liga chief.‘Barca cannot sign Mbappe or Haaland in the next two seasons’Javier Tebas was also talking about the Super League, as he is one of league’s biggest critiques, and he warned that the idea is not dead and that football executives around Europe must analyze the situation and find the reasons why the Super League was created.”It is a message that tells you: ‘Real Madrid generates a lot of money, they want to play against the best, have the best games and we will give the rest the crumbs’. That is not a good message. It is as if a country were run by a bank. We have to analyze why this Super League appeared, if we have to improve the governance of the sport, for example. The system we have sometimes benefits the big teams more and a better balance has to be found” he explained.##NAJAVA_MECA_7059939##
