Financial Fair Play: "We have until 30/06/2018 to meet the criteria" (N. Al-Khelaïfi, Paris SG)

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N. Al-Khelaïfi, interview with the Daily Telegraph, 11/09/2017 - ©  D.R.

"We have a year to meet Financial Fair Play criteria. We have until 30/06/2018. So I tell everybody: relax and think about your project. We think about building our project," said Nasser Al Khelaïfi, president of Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Conforama) on 11/09/2017.

"We have been working very hard for the past six years to build the revenues of the club and they have increased through ticketing, sponsoring, merchandising, match day and TV rights from €90m to approximately €500m, with the last two seasons running profits," added the president of PSG in an interview with the British daily The Telegraph, published on the eve of the first game of the Parisian club in the 2017-18 Champions in Glasgow (SCO) against Celtic FC (0-5 victory to PSG) on Tuesday, 12/09/2017.

UEFA has opened a formal inquiry into Paris Saint-Germain as part of its monitoring of the clubs subject to the Financial Fair Play rules, the European confederation announced on 01/09/2017. The investigation will focus on the club's compliance with the requirement of financial "break-even" rules, particularly in light of…

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N. Al-Khelaïfi, interview with the Daily Telegraph, 11/09/2017 - ©  D.R.

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