Javier Tebas appeared before the media at the Business of Football Summit of the Financial Times, last Thursday. He took the opportunity to leave Manchester City, remembering that in 2023 the League filed a complaint with the European Commission against the Citizens, warns that the case is already being investigated.
The English club has preferred not to make comments, after the commission introduced the standard that prohibited European teams from having external investments that affect our market, since they would alter competitions, but since they are no longer part of the EU, it does not affect them. But the president of the Spanish League does not give up.
Thebes has a goal
“What worries me are not the APT, what worries me are companies outside the City Football Group where City expenses are sent,” Thebes declared. “All they do is think about how they can avoid rules and regulations. We have informed the European Union with data and figures, ”he added.
He compared it with the case of the Energy Company Enron in 2001, which ended up breaking through various frauds committed internally. “We want the City to be sanctioned,” said the president of the League.
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On the other hand, but without changing the subject, Javier also recalled that in his day they already denounced the PSG for sponsorships from Qatar in 2023, but there are still no updates of the case.
Lawyer by profession, Thebes wants ‘Justice’, has been fighting this issue for years, in which a First Division team, Girona, to belong to Alcity Group is also involved.