UEFA will not launch an investigation into Man City's summer transfer spending "despite La Liga writing to European football's governing body demanding it do so," according to Jamie Jackson of the London GUARDIAN. UEFA received a letter signed by La Liga President Javier Tebas asking for its current investigation into whether Paris St. Germain "breached financial fair play regulations be expanded" to include Man City. However, UEFA reportedly "does not plan to investigate Pep Guardiola's side," which is owned by Abu Dhabi-based City Football Group. A UEFA spokesperson said, "There is no investigation into Manchester City with regards to FFP regulations. Any reports mentioning such an investigation are unsubstantiated." In the summer window, Guardiola oversaw an initial £226M ($292.2M) outlay on Bernardo Silva, Ederson, Danilo, Kyle Walker and Benjamin Mendy. But the club's net spend was £133M ($172M) as it made a total of £93M ($120.2M) from sales as Wilfried Bony, Samir Nasri, Kelechi Iheanacho, Nolito, Fernando, Aaron Mooy, Aleksandar Kolarov, Jadon Sancho, Enes Ünal and Oliver Ntcham "all left for a fee" (GUARDIAN, 9/4). The BBC reported Man City's summer spend "was the biggest by any club in any transfer window." A La Liga statement released on Monday confirmed it wrote two letters to UEFA on Aug. 22 -- "one to express concerns over the French club, and another" relating to Man City. The body claimed "both PSG and Man City benefit from sponsorships that make no economic sense and lack any fair value" (BBC, 9/4). REUTERS' Rik Sharma reported UEFA opened a formal investigation last week into PSG to see if its transfer spending "contravened the break-even rules of FFP." Tebas said, "PSG is a habitual offender and has been violating UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations for years. It is important that UEFA doesn't just look at the most recent player transfers, but at PSG's history of non-compliance. The transfers are merely the result of years of financial doping at PSG" (REUTERS, 9/4). The AP's Rob Harris reported UEFA's club finance monitoring panel intervened to open a "fresh investigation" into PSG after the French club broke the world record fee to sign Neymar from Barcelona for €222M ($264.1M) and on Thursday signed Monaco forward Kylian Mbappé. The deal for 18-year-old Mbappé was "unusual as a one-season loan with a commitment" to pay a reported €180M ($214.1M) next year, "delaying PSG's financial commitment to the deal" (AP, 9/4).
