After red-tape stopped Barcelona from signing Lionel Messi to a contract extension, the Argentine is now facing an uncertain wait as Paris Saint-Germain face a fresh legal battle which could delay his signing.
A new appeal has been presented to the Council of State asking that PSG be temporarily suspended from making signings.
MARCA has had access to a new resource in which it is requested that the rules of Financial Fair Play be complied with in accordance with LFP, and that the accounts presented by PSG on June 25, 2021 did actually break the rules.
In addition, throughout Monday a parallel lawsuit has been prepared and filed requesting precautionary measures to present Messi’s contract from being validated by the LFP before hearing the resolution of this case,
“PSG’s ratios in terms of FFP are worse than those of Barcelona,” explained Dr. Juan Branco, the lawyer presenting the suit.
“In the 19/20 season the ratio between salary and income for PSG was 99 percent, whilst that of Barcelona was 54 percent.”
In the documents seen by MARCA, it is alleged that PSG didn’t respect two economic sanctions imposed by the French Football Association.
The case is now a race against time with Messi set to fly to Paris at any time in the coming days, whereas any decision that is delayed would give time for the Argentine to sign his contract at the Parc des Princes and it be valid.
