Published on : 13/06/2022 – 20:22Modified : 13/06/2022 – 20:20
Madrid (AFP) – The Spanish Football League filed a complaint against the conditions of Erling Haaland’s transfer to Manchester City “last week” and will file another against Kylian Mbappé’s extension to Paris SG “this week”, its president assured on Monday. Javier Tebas.
“I’m not defending Real Madrid against Mbappé, I want to preserve European football,” Tebas explained at a press event in Valladolid.
“This week we are going to file a complaint against PSG, and last week we filed one against Manchester City,” said the LaLiga boss.
The Spanish leader is one of the most vocal critics of state-backed clubs, namely Qatar for Paris SG and the United Arab Emirates for Manchester City.
He accuses them of misusing the financial fair play established by UEFA and of unbalancing sporting and economic competition between the clubs.
Manchester City bought Haaland from Borussia Dortmund for 75 million euros, a sum corresponding to the Norwegian’s release clause, but with the agent’s commissions and the player’s salary the transfer will cost the Citizens nearly 300 million euros. .
Mbappe’s new contract at PSG will see the French club pay, according to the specialist press, between 40 and 50 million euros per year for the player’s salary alone, who has extended three more years with the Parisians.
“Allowing these operations is more dangerous than the Super League,” said Tebas, referring to the stillborn project to launch a closed European League reserved for the big names in European football.
“PSG will end up with losses of 200 million euros, they are already dragging 300 million and they will extend Mbappé with such results,” he lamented.
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin brushed off Tebas’ criticism ahead of the last Champions League final.
“For me, it’s not right for one league to criticize another. From what I know, Real’s offer for Mbappé was similar to that of PSG,” the Slovenian UEFA president told UEFA. the AFP.
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