La Liga has formally complained to Uefa regarding Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, claiming the English and French champions are in “continuous breach” of financial fair play rules.
The striking intervention on the part of the Spanish top flight and its president, Javier Tebas, continues a growing civil war within European football, which exists beyond the dividing lines created by the European Super League.
La Liga said it believed that money earned by the two “state clubs”, owned by entities related to the Gulf states of Abu Dhabi and Qatar respectively, “artificially inflate the market, with money not generated within football itself”. “La Liga 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 and do not make economic sense,” the statement said.
It also revealed that La Liga has hired legal representation in Switzerland, home of Uefa, to pursue a case against PSG’s president, Nasser al-Khelaifi, for alleged conflicts of interest.