Lionel Messi faces a move to PSG after leaving FC Barcelona. A Spanish lawyer still wants to prevent that.
A Spanish lawyer has included a complaint to the European Commission against Lionel Messi’s upcoming move to Paris Saint-Germain. The Spanish sports newspaper reports Brand.
According to the report, attorney Dr. Juan Branco filed a complaint with the Paris Court of Appeals to stop the Barca icon’s move to PSG. The lawyer represents the interests of the members of FC Barcelona, as it is said.
Messi move to PSG? Lawyer points to financial fair play
Dr. Branco argues that PSG are even worse off than Barcelona in terms of UEFA’s financial fair play, so Messi’s transfer to the French capital should not be approved. In the complaint from which the Brand cited, it says: “The income-expenditure ratio of PSG is significantly worse than that of FC Barcelona in terms of financial fair play. In the 2019/20 season, the salary-to-income ratio of the Parisians was 99 percent, while that of Barca was 54 percent. “
Dr. Branco: “In the 2019/20 season, PSG did not respect the two economic conditions stipulated by the DNCG (the French counterpart to UEFA’s FFP, editor’s note).”
In addition, the letter refers to the already confirmed transfers of the Parisians: Achraf Hakimi from Inter Milan (60 million euros) as well as the free transfer obligations of Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan) and Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool FC).
FC Barcelona have to let Lionel Messi go
However, the chances of success of this complaint do not seem particularly good, especially since the European Commission is not responsible for compliance with the FFP, but UEFA itself.
FC Barcelona announced on Friday that Messi would not stay in Catalonia as there was no way to register Messi with LaLiga due to the salary cap in force in Spain and Barca’s financial difficulties. Messi himself had also underpinned this point at his farewell press conference on Sunday.
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