UEFA's cowardice could cost Real Madrid a star player who aspires to play for them.Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, and other traditional, fan-owned clubs are finding it increasingly difficult to compete in a football landscape dominated by state-owned clubs with growing clout in regulating bodies.Do you recall FFP? Financial Fair Play was believed to be a necessary rule for the economy that is the transfer market, imposing a restriction on spending and banning teams who exceeded it in order to prevent monopolies or unfair circumstances from arising in the transfer market.
FFP is no longer active. It was killed by PSG, whose president Nasser Al-Khelaifi is the ECA Chairman and close to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin. They have Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Kylian Mbappe on wages that could total more than 200 million euros, after signing Mbappe to a reported 300 million euro signing bonus after a record-breaking summer 2021 transfer window that saw only seven million euros in sales and a slew of new signings (including Messi).PSG are free to destabilize the transfer market without fear of being sanctioned for a massive wage bill or an imbalance in transfer incomings vs. outgoings.
Aurelien Tchouameni is being pursued by PSG for a fee of 100 million euros.They're now attempting to sabotage Real Madrid's attempt to sign Aurelien Tchouameni. PSG has already turned down the player, but the club has practically inexhaustible financial resources. As a result, they've increased their offer to Monaco in an attempt to compel their Ligue 1 rivals to sell to them with an offer they can't reject. As a result, Tchouameni would be forced to join them against his choice, despite the fact that Madrid is willing to pay a fully reasonable 80 million euros plus 20 million euros in bonuses. (That is, in fact, MORE THAN REASONABLE!)So, signing a defensive midfielder for 80-100 million euros isn't enough? That could be the case, depending on how high PSG go to disrupt the bid for a player who had no intention of joining them to begin with. He is looking for a fresh challenge outside of Ligue 1.
PSG is reportedly giving Monaco a transfer fee that Real Madrid cannot match, according to Sergio Santos of Relevo. As a result, unless Tchouameni digs in his heels and declares that he would only move to Madrid, Monaco may be forced to sell the player to their rivals, having already dragged out the transfer process due to PSG's looming presence and unused funds.UEFA is a cowardly organization. They have no intention of enforcing any type of FFP. It's odd, given Ceferin's pal Al-Khelaifi was only able to recruit Messi away from Barcelona because LaLiga was willing to impose salary caps as a sort of fair play. Barça had to say goodbye to Messi after failing to register him, and LaLiga lost the star around whom they built their whole marketing campaign.UEFA, on the other hand, unlike Javier Tebas, who spoke the truth about PSG's financial breach due to the Mbappe contract, is willing to let PSG do whatever it takes to win the Champions League and complete the goal of a sportswashing project that has already cost migrant workers their lives for the World Cup.
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In comparison, the loss of a star player like Tchouameni by Real Madrid is insignificant. But it could signal the end of a dream for Tchouameni. In football, it might be another example of one set of regulations being applied differently to a big, state-owned club with UEFA and its own league.
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