PARIS (Reuters) -A Barcelona member has filed complaints with a French court and the European Commission with the aim of blocking Lionel Messi's potential move to Paris St Germain, according to documents seen by Reuters on Monday. Barcelona, like their main La Liga rivals Real Madrid, are fully owned by their subscription-paying members known as "socios". FFP rules forbid top European soccer clubs from paying their playing squads an excessive share of their total revenues, according to the member's complaints, which also state that the transfer of 34-year-old Argentine Messi to PSG would breach the code. PSG and France's professional soccer league LFP did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Any transfer of Messi from Barcelona to PSG would constitute a distortion of competition with other national leagues, the complaints say, and would be detrimental to Barcelona fans.

Source: Egypt Today August 09, 2021 18:11 UTC