In the crosshairs of its competitors, PSG is the subject of a complaint from La Liga about its links with Qatar.
The Spanish Liga looking for trouble with PSG, nothing new under the sun. Javier Tebas has had a hard tooth since 2017 and the transfer of Neymar from Barça to Paris. For the past six years, the Iberian football league has continued to attack the capital club flying under the Qatari flag. With this time however a new regulation bringing water to its mill.
Since July 12, 2023, the European Union has enacted new rules on foreign subsidies likely to destabilize the internal market. A text allowing a feedback of five years against non-EU countries on which the complaint freshly formulated before the European Commission by La Liga is based.
“Major distortions” denounced
According to the plaintiffs, the capital received by PSG from Qatar, via potentially overvalued sponsorship contracts, distorts the European competitive market. On the sports scene as well as outside, on a strict marketing plan for example. With its Middle Eastern resources, Paris has been able to build a competitive team that allows it to expand its track record and seek new contracts through its influence.
In terms of income linked to its television exposure, PSG also gain from it, which contributes to artificially increasing its value and confirms La Liga in its premise. Qatar generating there” significant distortions in several national and European markets “. To see if European justice is receptive to these allegations. In the past, PSG could be singled out by UEFA as part of financial fair play for allegedly off-market Qatari subsidies.
