Spanish league files complaint against PSG over Mbappé move

The league said it denounced PSG to UEFA this week, adding to a similar complaint it made in April against Manchester City, which it says also “continuously fails to comply with the current financial fair play regulations.”

The Spanish league said it will take additional legal action against PSG in the European Union, France and Switzerland.

“LaLiga considers that these practices alter the ecosystem and the sustainability of soccer, harm all European clubs and leagues, and only serve to artificially inflate the market with money not generated in soccer itself,” the league said in a statement.

After Mbappé rejected Madrid last month, the Spanish league said the player’s new three-year contract with PSG was “scandalous” and hurt the economic stability of European soccer.

“LaLiga understands that these clubs are being improperly financed, either through direct injections of money or through sponsorships and other contracts that do not correspond to market conditions or make economic sense,” the league said Wednesday.

The Spanish league argues that it wouldn’t be financially viable for PSG to reach an agreement with Mbappé considering its recent losses while maintaining an expensive squad that includes Lionel Messi and Neymar.

The complaint against Man City was filed in April, and the league said it may take further action against the clubs as new data is gathered.

PSG is owned by the state-run Qatar Sports Investments, while Man City is under Abu Dhabi ownership.

Spanish league president Javier Tebas has often attacked state-owned clubs for what he calls their disregard to financial fair play rules. He tweeted after news broke that Mbappé was staying with PSG that it was an “INSULT to soccer.”

The French league later wrote