Spanish La Liga Files Complaint Against PSG, Manchester City For Financial Fair Play Rule Breach.

Spanish La Liga on Wednesday filed a complaint with UEFA against the French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and England's Manchester City, claiming that they continuously violate financial fair play rules.

'La Liga considers that these practices alter the ecosystem and sustainability of football, harm all European clubs and leagues, and only serve to artificially inflate the market, with money not generated within football itself,' La Liga said in a statement.

La Liga had lodged a complaint against Manchester City in April and did the same against PSG last week.

The Spanish top-tier league had also filed submissions with UEFA against the two clubs in 2017 and in 2018 'for breaching financial fair play.'

As a result, both clubs previously faced UEFA sanctions but they were overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

In May, La Liga chief Javier Tebas slammed PSG star Kylian Mbappe's stay at the club, labelling his deal 'an insult to football.'

French forward Mbappe, 23, refused Real Madrid's offer to extend his stay at the Parc des Princes until 2025.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup winner has been a PSG regular since 2017 and he is regarded one of the best forwards of his generation.

'What PSG is doing by renewing Mbappe with large sums of money ... after posting losses of pound 700 million ($727.7 million) in recent seasons and having a wage bill of over pound 600 million, is an INSULT to football,' Tebas tweeted.

He added that PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi 'is as dangerous as the (European) Super League.'

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