Financial fair play: "We did not do anything wrong, we respected the rules" (N. Al-Khelaïfi, PSG)

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N. Al-Khelaïfi and Neymar, the 04/08/2017 - ©  PSG

"We have always followed the rules, it's true that UEFA is very tough in the discussions and sometimes even unfair. For me, honestly, it would be surprising, abnormal and scandalous to be punished. (...) We did not do anything wrong, we respected the rules. People know where our money comes from, we do not have debts, we have guarantees. Other clubs in other leagues have debts. If you go to Spain, for example, there are a lot of indebted clubs," said Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Conforama), to the French sports daily L'Équipe on 20/05/2018.

"Paris Saint-Germain recalls that the club has been followed for four years by UEFA, in the framework of the 'settlement' signed in 2014 between the two parties, and which it left in 2017. In fact, the European body has a clear and transparent vision of the club's financial situation, and in particular the amounts of the multi-year contracts that bind it to its partners," stated PSG on 11/04/2018, following an article in the British outlet Financial Times the same day that referred to the club's sponsorship…

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N. Al-Khelaïfi and Neymar, the 04/08/2017 - ©  PSG

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