La Liga president Javier Tebas isn’t a big fan of Manchester City.
That’s because the Premier League side are owned by City Football Group, which is backed by Sheikh Mansour.
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi came close to leaving the Camp Nou this year, with Pep Guardiola’s side suggested as a favourite to acquire his services.
The move never materialised and the Argentine continued with the Catalan club, where his contract will expire next summer.
Tebas has shared his views on the possibility of the English club trying to sign the 33-year-old after the end of this season, and he also aimed a dig at the Etihad club.
“I am not the only one who thinks this way: both Jürgen Klopp and Mourinho have said the same about City.
“It gives the feeling that City is not affected by the pandemic because they are financed in another way.”
It’s not the first time the La Liga chief has aimed a dig at City and Paris Saint-Germain, who are backed by state-owned Qatar Investment Authority.
“One of the major issues in European football is related to [financial] doping. Because when we have clubs being financed by states, then that has an impact on salaries,” Tebas said in January 2020.
“Organisations and institutions have a responsibility to redistribute the wealth that we generate. All of us, the Spanish league, the Premier League, UEFA, FIFA. I don’t think we are helping football in any way if we generate wealth and it just goes straight back to the big clubs.
“In the end instead of having 12 Ferraris, they have 15. We’re dealing with major clubs generating a huge amount of money. So, our aim is to redistribute that wealth.”
