Neville slams 'corrupt' LaLiga after their Mbappe complaint to UEFA

Gary Neville slams ‘corrupt’ LaLiga following Spanish top flight’s incredible complaint to UEFA over Paris Saint-Germain convincing Kylian Mbappe to pen new deal in Ligue 1 rather than join Real Madrid

  • LaLiga have been left fuming over Kylian Mbappe’s snub to join Real Madrid
  • France striker had looked likely to move to the Spanish top flight from PSG
  • But Mbappe has instead surprisingly penned a new three-year deal in France
  • Gary Neville took to Twitter to tell LaLiga chiefs to ‘do one’ over their complaints 

Gary Neville has hit out at LaLiga following their complaints to UEFA over Kylian Mbappe’s decision to remain with Paris Saint-Germain, telling the Spanish top flight chiefs to ‘do one’.

The France striker stunned Real Madrid on Saturday after announcing he would sign a three-year deal to remain at the Parc des Princes having flirted with a move to the Spanish champions.

Madrid have long pursed Mbappe, even seeing multiple bids including one for £154m turned down by the French title winners a year ago, and had looked to capitalise on landing him on a free transfer at the end of the season when his initial deal with PSG was due to expire.

Gary Neville, pictured in a legends match for Manchester United against Liverpool on Saturday at Old Trafford, has hit out at LaLiga after Kylian Mbappe snubbed Real Madrid to stay at PSG

However, Mbappe shocked many by staying on in Ligue 1 leading to LaLiga writing an extraordinary statement to UEFA with an intent to report the Parisian outfit to UEFA as well as French authorities.

The Spanish top flight claim Mbappe’s new deal ‘threatens the economic sustainability of European football.’

Upon hearing of LaLiga’s surprise response, Neville took to Twitter to slam the Spanish top flight, saying: ‘La Liga can do one! As corrupt as the rest’ before including a thumbs up emoji.

Neville’s only previous direct experience of working in LaLiga came during a miserable run as Valencia manager in a 28-game spell during the 2015-16 season.

Mbappe turned down long term interest from the Spanish club to sign a new-three year deal

To celebrate his new deal, Mbappe then went and scored a hat-trick as PSG run riot to win 5-0 at home to Metz in their final game of the season to end the campaign with 28 goals.

Mbappe revealed his joy at signing his new £34m per year deal at PSG.

‘I would like to announce that I have chosen to extend my contract at Paris Saint-Germain, and of course I am delighted,’ Mbappe said. ‘I am convinced that here I can continue to grow at a club that provides everything necessary to perform at the highest level.

‘I am also delighted to continue to play in France, the country where I was born, where I have grown up and where I have made my name.

The France international then scored a hat-trick as PSG defeated Metz 5-0 in their final game

Mbappe ended the season with the most goals and assists in the French top flight

‘I would like to thank the President, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, for his trust, his understanding and his patience.

‘I would also like to thank all the fans of Paris Saint-Germain, both in France and around the world, for their support, especially in recent months. Together, side by side and ambitious, we will make magic in Paris.’

Neville meanwhile was back in action on the pitch on Saturday when he lined up for Manchester United as part of a legends match against Liverpool, with the Merseyside veterans running out 3-1 winners at Old Trafford.

FULL LALIGA STATEMENT 

‘Faced with Kylian Mbappé’s possible announcement of remaining at Paris Saint-Germain, LaLiga wants to state that this type of agreement threatens the economic sustainability of European football, putting hundreds of thousands of jobs and sporting integrity at risk in the medium term, not only from European competitions, but also from our domestic leagues.

‘It is scandalous that a club like PSG, which last season lost more than 220 million euros, after having accumulated losses of 700 million euros in recent seasons (even declaring income from sponsorships of a very dubious amount) with a cost of sports staff around 650 million for this 21/22 season, can face an agreement of these characteristics while those clubs that could accept the arrival of the player without seeing their wage bill compromised, are left without being able to sign him.

‘For all of the above, LaLiga is going to file a complaint against PSG before UEFA, administrative and tax authorities in France and before the competent bodies of the European Union to continue defending the economic ecosystem of European football and its sustainability. .

‘On previous occasions, LaLiga has already made complaints against PSG for non-compliance with UEFA’s financial fair play as a result of which UEFA harshly sanctioned PSG, although the CAS revoked them in a strange resolution.

‘LaLiga and many European football institutions were hopeful that with the entry of the PSG president, Mr. Nasser Al-Khelaifi, into European football management bodies such as the former UEFA or the ECA Presidency, he would refrain from carrying out these practices knowing the serious damage they cause, but it has not been like that, quite the opposite. Being PSG with unacceptable salary masses, with large economic losses in previous seasons, it assumes an impossible investment in this situation, which undoubtedly implies non-compliance with the current economic control regulations not only of UEFA, but of French football itself. .

‘These behaviors denote even more that the state clubs do not respect or want to respect the rules of an economic sector as important as football, key to the sustainability of hundreds of thousands of jobs.

‘This type of behavior led by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of PSG, due to his status as a member of the former UEFA, president of the ECA, is a danger to European football at the same level as the Super League.’

 




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