PSG hit back.
Dear Mr Tebas,
Time after time, you allow yourself to publicly attack the French League, our Club, our players – together with players of other Clubs – and the fans of French football; while constantly posting insulting and defamatory statements insinuating that we do not conform to the football financial regulations, amongst other unsubstantiated statements.
Indeed, year after year, it will not have escaped your attention that we comply with UEFA and French regulations, including those of the DNCG.
It is worth noting that the French League did not, like your League, wait until recent years to take actions and put in place strong financial regulations.
You decided some time ago to put in place a strategy favoring the economic expansion of LaLiga without having domestic financial regulations in place. Now you blame the consequences of this on others, while French football has had a system in force for over 20 years.
It is now publicly-known that certain Spanish clubs and your League are facing unsustainable levels of debt after gross mismanagement, not to mention the way Spanish football has been financed over the past decade – including by the State.
Now, you are also directly and disrespectfully attacking the players, simply because they decided to leave your competition, while at the same time you have been taking full advantage of having these world-greatest players in promoting your League until very recently.
Your remarkable comments on the age of these players not only insults their past and current roles in defining how our great game is played, but also the millions of fans around the world who idolize them.
Finally, I would add these attacks are unhelpful in the context of institutions and clubs across European football focusing every energy on finding common solutions to the problems facing football. That is, of course, except the three ESL clubs, two of which are in your League.
I am quite surprised you are not focusing more of your attention on the two clubs in your League that remain steadfast focused on breaking up your League, and European football as a whole.
In all this context, we invite you to focus on solving your domestic issues, which you are responsible, and to stop your transparent and repeated diversion attempts.
Regards,
Victoriano Melero
