UEFA reject call to probe City

MANCHESTER CITY have been accused of ‘irreparably harming the football industry’ by the Spanish league after spending £220million on six summer signings. La Liga president Javier Tebas wrote to UEFA on August 22 pleading for City and Paris Saint-Germain to be investigated for breaching Financial Fair Play rules. In a move privately backed by Spanish heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona, Tebas argued the spending of Abu Dhabi-owned City and Qatari-owned PSG ‘distorts European competitions’. UEFA revealed yesterday that they have no plans to look into City’s transfer dealings, while

Sportsmail understands the letter had no bearing on an investigation into PSG’s finances announced last week. ‘PSG and Man City’s funding by state aid distorts European competitions and creates an inflationary spiral that is irreparably harming the football industry,’ Tebas said. ‘UEFA must enforce FFP to avoid discrimination among clubs. PSG has been violating UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations for years.’ City believe they have no problem complying with FFP regulations. Their spending was offset by the sale of a number of players deemed surplus to requirements. La Liga’s criticism comes after Barcelona forward Neymar and Real Madrid target Kylian Mbappe both ended up at PSG.