Barcelona president Joan Laporta has urged UEFA to bring in stricter rules for state-owned clubs who he feels have become a “problem” for the world of football.
Laporta feels it’s “difficult to compete” with clubs such as Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain because of the enormous resources they have at their disposal.
Here’s what Laporta has had to say about the whole thing:
“The state clubs are a problem because they provoke an instability of our sport, of football in Europe,” he said. “I’m asking for rules that have to be more strict for these kinds of clubs because the resources they are using in football doesn’t come from the football industry.