‘It’s very important that UEFA does something real about it’: La Liga president Javier Tebas calls for clubs to be banned from Champions League over Financial Fair Play breaches
- Javier Tebas wants Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City properly punished
- Both teams are alleged to have seriously breached Financial Fair Play rules
- The La Liga president has called for them to be banned from Champions League
Clubs who have breached Financial Fair Play rules should be expelled from the Champions League for a season, according to La Liga president Javier Tebas.
Tebas insisted he was not surprised at allegations aimed at Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City over their financial conduct.
But the Spaniard has demanded stronger action from UEFA to reinforce the rules and properly punish offending clubs.
Javier Tebas wants to see clubs named in Der Speigel’s allegations properly punished
‘I said two years ago that PSG and Manchester City were cheating so it wasn’t a surprise to me at all,’ Tebas told Goal .
‘It’s very important that UEFA does something real about it. It’s something that has unbalanced world football and the structure of the game. You have to punish those teams.’
‘Forcing them to sit out a year of the Champions League would send a message that these rules must be taken seriously,’ Tebas said. ‘It isn’t about punishing PSG specifically, but enforcing rules we expect everyone to follow.’
Der Speigel ran several allegations that Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain deliberately broke Financial Fair Play regulations.
Both clubs deny any wrongdoing on their part, but UEFA has asserted that it is willing to reopen investigations should enough evidence present itself.
‘If new information comes to light that may be material to this assessment, UEFA will use that to challenge the figures and will seek explanation, clarification or rebuttal from the club concerned,’ a statement said.
‘Should new information suggest that previously-concluded cases have been abused, those cases may be capable of being reopened as determined on a case-by-case basis.’
Manchester City, owned by Sheikh Mansour, are accused of Financial Fair Play rule breaches