"The entry point" of the "graduated" procedures targeting PSG is "the legality of Mbappé's contract", explained the lawyer during a press conference: "The LFP should never have validated this contract. The DNCG (…) should have noted PSG's breach of the rules of financial fair play at national but also European level".
Me Branco intends to request "the repeal of Mbappé's contract from the Minister of Sports", then possibly file an "appeal with the LFP so that it contacts the DNCG (National Directorate of Control and Management) for a control of opportunity " PSG accounts.
Finally, if the previous steps do not succeed, he assured that he wanted to act before the administrative court of Paris.
If these national appeals do not produce results, the lawyer assured that he would intervene at European level to "ask the European Commission to ask it to intervene to harmonize the regulations", or even initiate "a formal procedure then for abuse of dominant position" and finally, at the end of the process, attack before the European court of justice.
"It is clear to everyone that PSG is acting outside the rules, including through fraudulent maneuvers", estimated the lawyer, recalling that LaLiga had also attacked in front of UEFA Manchester City, another European club owned of a state, the United Arab Emirates, when PSG is owned by Qatar.
He explained that what was driving these lawsuits was La Liga's desire to 'redefine the rules for a more virtuous ecosystem'.
Kylian Mbappé extended to PSG until 2025 before the match between Paris and Metz at the Parc des Princes, May 21, 2022 Anne-Christine POUJOULAT AFP / Archives
The League accuses PSG of "continually violating the current financial fair play regulations" established by UEFA and of unbalancing sporting and economic competition.
LaLiga boss Javier Tebas is one of the most vocal critics of state-backed clubs.
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