Premier League blasted by La Liga chief over Man City 115 charges as Liverpool still waiting

La Liga president Javier Tebas has criticized the Premier League's handling of Manchester City's 115 charges and warned the new financial rules will cause transfer market inflation

Javier Tebas has torn into the Premier League(Image: Oscar J. Barroso/Getty Images)

La Liga president Javier Tebas has launched a scathing attack on the Premier League from two fronts. Tebas branded it a "failure" that Manchester City's hearing remains unresolved more than three years after the club was charged with 115 alleged breaches.

Additionally, Tebas cautioned that the Premier League's revised financial regulations will trigger significant transfer and wage inflation throughout Europe. His comments came as Premier League chief executive Richard Masters once again avoided addressing the City matter, 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."

However, Tebas was forthright in his criticism of the Premier League's prolonged handling of the City case, particularly given that Everton and Nottingham Forest received swift judgements and were handed points deductions. Liverpool and other clubs are still waiting for a verdict, with the Reds potentially benefiting should titles be taken away from City.

Tebas remarked: "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 hearing into City's alleged 115 violations of the Premier League's financial regulations wrapped up in December 2024, yet the independent commission continues its deliberations.

Liverpool was beaten to the Premier League title during the period in question regarding Man City's 115 charges.(Image: Getty Images)

Speaking at the FT Live's Business of Football Summit, Tebas also took aim at the Premier League's financial regulations and spending guidelines. Top-flight clubs voted to replace the existing Profitability and Sustainability Rule with a new Squad Cost Ratios framework from next season.

Under the new system, clubs will be permitted to allocate up to 85 per cent of their seasonal revenues on wages and transfers, with the allowance stretching to 115 per cent, provided they balance their books within a three-year period.

Tebas went on to say: "In Spain we have special and strict rules on Financial Fair Play," reports the Mirror.

"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.

"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."