Man City 115 charges delay subject of fiery rant as Premier League blasted La Liga chief

La Liga chief Javier Tebas has criticised the Premier League over its handling of Manchester City's 115 charges case and warned new financial rules will cause transfer market inflation

La Liga president Javier Tebas has launched a scathing two-pronged attack on the Premier League, including their handling of Manchester City's 115 charges case. Tebas branded it a "failure" that Manchester City's case remains unresolved more than three years after the club were charged with 115 alleged rule breaches.

Tebas also cautioned that the Premier League's revised financial regulations will trigger significant transfer and wage inflation throughout Europe. This came as Premier League chief executive Richard Masters once again dodged the City question, stating: "I can't talk about it and talk about the timing of it. Having spent three years not talking about it, I'm not going to stop now obviously."

Tebas, however, pulled no punches over the Premier League's timeline of the City case, particularly given that Everton, Nottingham Forest, and, most recently, Leicester City, were dealt with swiftly and handed points deductions.

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Tebas said: "It's a failure of Premier League governance. Other clubs are looking at and watching this and seeing what's going on. They are being fined and having points deductions and that's fine, if you don't abide by the rules

"But City appear to have impunity. I speak to a lot of English clubs and the majority of them don't understand this either. "It makes the institution of the Premier League weaker."

The tribunal examining City's alleged 115 violations of Premier League financial regulations was wrapped up in December 2024, yet the independent commission continues to deliberate over its verdict. Tebas, speaking at the FT Live's Business of Football Summit, also launched a scathing attack on the Premier League's financial regulations and spending rules.

Top-flight clubs voted to replace the existing Profitability and Sustainability Rule with a new Squad Cost Ratios system from next season. Clubs will be permitted to allocate up to 85 per cent of their seasonal revenues on wages and transfers, with the option to stretch this to 115 per cent, provided they balance their books within three years.

Tebas said: "In Spain, we have special and strict rules on Financial Fair Play, FFP is what everyone has to apply at home. You can't spend more than our revenues.

"But then new regulations here will cause more inflation and more problems. If you allow clubs to spend 85 per cent of revenues but aren't taking into account expenses, no fair play rules are of any use at all.

"English football has got the highest turnover, revenues double the amount of Spanish League or Bundesliga. Clubs have twice the capacity to invest of any other league.

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"We cannot compete financially, We can sign better players and have better coaches but they have these enormous capital contributions from the owners.

"What will happen to the market? It's not rocket science. The English system of 85 per cent SCR plus transfers, which means clubs can go to 115 per cent of revenues, that will cause inflation, I'm sure about that.

"I don't know where they get these figures from. I'm really surprised. We should harmonise FFP in Europe, that's the way forward."