08/09/2021 10:36
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 08/09/2021 10:36
Lionel Messi left FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain seems to be the most likely destination for the best player in the world, who is still in Castelldefels waiting and analyzing offers.
However, with the blood in his eye for having lost his highest figure, a law firm representing the members of the Catalan club will file a lawsuit before the European Commission arguing that, due to the financial Fair Play,
the PSG should be unable to incorporate the Rosario
.
The financial Fair Play translates into a series of measures implemented by UEFA, which consist of controlling the expenses of the clubs, so that they cannot spend more money than they have as income.
Although these rules are constantly being modified, they also specify that the salary mass of a club must not exceed 70% of its income, something that Barcelona is not complying with even in consideration of Messi's departure.
On behalf of FC Barcelona partners, my firm has prepared a complaint with the European Commission and demands for provisional suspension before civil and administrative courts in France to prevent Paris-Saint Germain from signing Lionel Messi.
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- Juan Branco ✊ (@anatolium) August 8, 2021
The plaintiffs assure that
the salary mass of PSG is well above that allowed
with respect to their income and that this, in addition to the recent incorporations of the Parisian team, should be sufficient reason for sanction.
PSG recently added some new faces, such as the Spanish Sergio Ramos, the Italian Gianluigi Donnarumma, the Dutch Georginio Wijnaldum and the Moroccan Achraf Hakimi.
Sergio Ramos joined PSG and could share a team with Messi.
Photography: EFE / Paris Saint-Germain
These additions will further increase the salary expenditure of the club in the French capital, something that would be unsustainable with the alleged arrival of Messi, since one of the objectives of the financial Fair Play is to maintain a balance between the economies of the clubs.
In the statement made by the lawyer Juan Branco, representative of the firm,
a provisional suspension is demanded for PSG that prevents him from incorporating Messi in order not to aggravate "the instrumentalization of football
.
"
In addition, the statement calls for an immediate intervention in this situation that threatens the interests of Barcelona's partners.
The lawyer driving the lawsuit assures that the Parisian team foresees losses of between 200 and 300 million, even without taking into account the possible arrival of Messi.
All this, taking into account the expected sales for a value of 180 million that have not yet become effective.
In addition, PSG renewed Neymar's contract in recent weeks, and is in negotiations to extend Mbappé's bond, these being the two highest contracts of his squad at present.
Messi, at the press conference where he said goodbye to Barcelona.
Photography: EFE / Andreu Dalmau
Could this demand hinder an eventual arrival of Messi in Paris?
The concrete thing is that, in the event that the French justice gives rise to this demand, the intervention should be carried out before the contract is signed.
Otherwise the possible sanction would not affect the arrival of the Rosario.