The money PSG got from Qatar's Tourism Authority in sponsorship - that helped them buy their success: €215m a year.
The true market value of that deal according to the leaked documents: €2.78m a year.
The true market value of that deal according to the leaked documents: €2.78m a year.
Leaked papers also show UEFA inspectors found Man City "had hidden 35 million euros in costs from UEFA"; and some Abu Dhabi commercial deals were 80% inflated. PSG and City both threatened UEFA legal action. Gianni Infantino (then at UEFA) did deal to go soft
It's obviously not new that PSG and City broke FFP rules, blatantly, tried to cover that up, got punished, and didn't appeal cos they were guilty. But the new leaks officially confirm the nuts and bolts, and add detail. Beautiful game.
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And there's a load of other good stuff including a story about a proposed super club breakaway. It's all pouring out on the @SPIEGEL_English timeline
And this, from Man City, is just shocking. They had negotiated a massively reduced penalty for FFP cheating. Then a Man City lawyer, learning of the death of a UEFA FFP official , emailed: "1 down, 6 to go."
Winning with class, eh?
Winning with class, eh?
Financial cheating by PSG and MCFC was known all along - and covered, in depth, as it unfolded, earning the love & respect of City fans forever - what *is* new is Infantino's role as then UEFA boss in letting them off. The mark of the man. Whither now?
The one thing Man City's statement in relation to the Der Spiegel story *doesn't* say, is: 'This is not true.'
