MADRID, 31 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, confirmed that this Wednesday or this Thursday they will present the complaint against Paris Saint-Germain to UEFA and reiterated that it is not “posturing”, assuring that although it seems that his body is “a European Robin Hood” , the objective is “not to allow a European club to destroy the ecosystem”.
“Tomorrow or the day after we will present the complaint, which has already been drafted, first to UEFA,” Tebas stressed this Tuesday during the Europa Press Sports Breakfasts sponsored by Repsol, Unicaja Banco, Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, and DAZN.
About the letter of complaint that Ligue 1 sent him, he was clear. “They will know how they want to structure their league, but we are not going to allow a European club to destroy the ecosystem. The complaint is not posturing, it is based on objective economic data. A club that is losing 300, 400 million, which this year has 600 salary mass and commercial income, which has commercial income greater than Real Madrid, United or FC Barcelona, ??and renews Mbappé It is impossible if there is no deception in sponsorships or in capital contributions at a level higher than the established by UEFA,” he warned.
“We are also going to go to France, we have already hired the French lawyers, and we are going to denounce PSG before the courts there. It is not a problem for France, it is for the European football ecosystem, and we are also going to go to Switzerland so that see how many hats Nasser Al-Khelaïfi is wearing, what if the president of PSG, what if the president of the ECA, what if the president of ‘Bein Sports’. We look like a European Robin Hood and we have spoken with some leagues and some will join,” he said.
For the leader, “this is what must be done to defend European football.” “I am already known in Europe as I am. I am not going to go to a UEFA Executive Committee and sit down with Al-Khelaïfi and not say to him: ‘Stop cheating and screwing up football’. He is as dangerous as the Super League. “, he stressed.
“We don’t care if the state owns a club, it’s the attitude, they don’t care if they have losses. They have sponsorships linked to the State, they use the figure of the State to contribute money or cheat on sponsorships. In LaLiga we have a semi-state club like Almería and we have controlled that figure and we have not allowed him to put up money at large,” he added.
In addition, he recalled that when they denounced Neymar’s departure to PSG and also did the same with Manchester City, “both were sanctioned by UEFA, but in a very strange resolution they were acquitted by the TAS.” “Where is the problem? In UEFA or in TAS? We already know where the problems are and we are going to try to prevent it from happening again,” he asserted.
In any case, and in a relaxed tone, when choosing who he would have dinner with between Al Khelaïfi, Florentino Pérez and Luis Rubiales, he was clear that with the Qatari. “This battle is more short-term, while with Florentino and Rubiales it’s about how to understand something in the long term. Then I would go to Florentino’s house and lastly to Rubiales’s,” he confessed.
Asked about the Super League, Tebas clarified that “what is dangerous” is that “the concept that claims that all power is in some clubs and in those with the most money” is maintained. “When you have power, you organize competitions as you want. The concept is still in your head and it will always be there because some clubs don’t realize that the world of football belongs to everyone and you have to know how to combine all interests”, he pointed out .
Finally, on the note published by LaLiga highlighting the successes of Spanish football in recent years compared to those of other countries, he lamented that “Spain is a very catastrophic and very short-term country” with its sport. “It is a reminder of what the 21st century is. The French have zero titles and there is talk that the complaint is because we are afraid that they will surpass us. We want Ligue 1 to be a sustainable sports competition, to become a competition really,” he said.