Pep Guardiola insists he “doesn’t know” why Manchester Metropolis are the goal of extra accusations – this time from La Liga.
La Liga chief Javier Tebas revealed this week that they filed a grievance with the European Fee in 2023 alleging that Metropolis have damaged EU Competitors Legislation.
Tebas alleges that Metropolis “have a construction that circumvents the foundations” which he says have given the membership an unfair benefit over La Liga sides.
Manchester Metropolis haven’t responded to the allegations.
“Metropolis have lots of firms of their group which lie exterior the Metropolis Soccer Group construction, further firms the place they put their bills,” Tebas claimed, talking on the FT Enterprise of Soccer Summit.
“These different firms lose the cash however not the membership itself. Now we have reported Manchester Metropolis to the EU. Now we have the info and figures.
“We requested for Metropolis to be checked. It’s crucial that every one golf equipment are topic to the identical transparency guidelines and governance on each the sporting and monetary aspect.
“The Metropolis case is one the place we imagine they’ve put the losses on the businesses that aren’t formally a part of Metropolis Soccer Group.
“They’ve a scouting firm, a advertising and marketing firm. That’s the place they’ve very excessive bills. They bill Metropolis for much less cash.
“Metropolis have prices which can be lower than in the event that they didn’t have this circle of firms round.”
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Metropolis are presently awaiting the result of the listening to into their .
Forward of his aspect’s recreation towards Plymouth, Guardiola wouldn’t be drawn on the accusations, merely replying “subsequent” when questioned.
However requested why he thinks the membership are a goal of those accusations, he replied: “I don’t know. It occurred previously with Uefa and in a couple of weeks it’ll occur within the Premier League, the sentence [to the 115 charges], proper? We wait, and after we speak.”
