Javier Tebas has criticized Paris Saint-Germain’s activities in the summer transfer market. Already a staunch opponent of the so-called Super League, which seems unlikely for the time being, the LaLiga foreman is now questioning the course of events in Paris, where one star footballer after another was added to the payroll this summer. and the salary house is apparently about to bulge.
“State-owned clubs are just as dangerous to the football ecosystem as the Super League,” Tebas wrote via social media on Tuesday night. “We are critical of the Super League as it would destroy European football. At PSG we are just as critical. COVID losses: more than 300 million euros, TV revenues in France: – 40 percent. And then 500 million euros in salaries?”
Los clubs-estado son tan peligrosos para el ecosistema del fútbol como la Superliga. Fuimos criticos con la Superliga porque destruye el futbol europeo y somos igual de criticos con el PSG. Perdidas Covid +300M; ingresos de TV and Francia -40%; ¿y +500M and salaries? Insolent.
— Javier Tebas Medrano (@Tebasjavier) August 31, 2021
“That is untenable,” emphasizes Tebas, who was not relentless in his own country when Barcelona couldn’t manage to sign Lionel Messi, even though he was the figurehead of the Spanish league. The organization behind the Spanish league imposes a salary limit on every club based on, among other things, the budget. Barcelona had to make huge cuts in salary costs due to a considerably lower budget, looked for a creative construction for Messi, but LaLiga did not flinch and the attacker eventually signed a contract for at least two years with PSG.
At PSG, on the other hand, there is no problem at all with getting the financial house in order. Messi, Georginio Wijnaldum, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Sergio Ramos logically earn a lot in the Parc des Princes, but were also brought in on a free transfer. For Achraf Hakimi, sixty million euros was transferred to Internazionale, while the previously rented Danilo Pereira definitely came over from FC Porto for more than fifteen million euros. In the closing hour, Nuno Mendes came over for a rent of seven million euros from Sporting Portugal, which accepted an option to buy for 40 million euros and the temporary arrival of Pablo Sarabia.
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