“It’s impossible,” Barcelona won’t be able to sign Kylian Mbappe or Erling Haaland, claims La Liga President

Javier Tebas threatened Barcelona, saying that Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could only enter Spain if they joined Real Madrid.


“It’s impossible,” Barcelona won’t be able to sign Kylian Mbappe or Erling Haaland, claims La Liga President

Javier Tebas comments on Fc Barcelona "financial situation." (Images via Getty)

On the Spanish TV show “El Chiringuito,” La Liga president Javier Tebas stated that, despite his wish to see superstars like Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland in La Liga, there is only one team in Spain that could possibly pull off one or even both of them, and that club is Real Madrid. Even though the winter transfer window officially closed on January 31, there are constant rumors concerning the future of famous players due to ongoing transfer news.

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The president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, stated last month that his team was keeping an eye on Haaland, even though they were currently content with striker Robert Lewandowski. “I hear that Haaland’s father is saying that after a while at City maybe … but we’ll see how it evolves,” Laporta said in January. “For now, we’re doing our thing; Lewandowski is doing very well.”

Tebas, the president of La Liga, has since claimed that only one team in Spain could pay Haaland’s total transfer fee and salary. Tebas stated to El Chiringuito this week that only Real Madrid could sign Kylian Mbappe or Haaland in the near future. “Hopefully, it will be like this,” he stated of the chances of Haaland and Mbappe playing in La Liga in the future. “But these two players could only be at Real Madrid because the economic situation of FC Barcelona would not allow them to access this type of player. Neither this season nor the next. I see it as impossible.

Although he didn’t think it would happen soon, the president expressed hope that Barcelona would be able to manage its current situation properly. “Neither this season nor the next. I see it as impossible,” he stated. However, it’s unclear what Tebas’s statements imply, given that his connection with Barcelona is strained and that Haaland’s representative yesterday informed AS that their friendship with Joan Laporta is solid. Rafael Pimenta, Haaland’s agent, stated, “I always say that Laporta can’t ask me for anything in football. It’s unfair because he knows I’ll say yes, I say.

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The President of La Liga claims that the Premier League is “financially doped”

The spending of Premier League clubs during the January transfer window has come under fire from La Liga president Javier Tebas, who claims it threatens the viability of European football as a whole. After the Premier League spent a record $1 billion in the January transfer window and outspent the rest of Europe’s “big five” leagues by almost four to one, Spanish La Liga president Javier Tebas claimed that the league’s teams were “financially doped.”

Tebas claims that the top tier of English football teams suffers multi-million dollar deficits and that UEFA should step in to enforce financial fair play regulations. The Premier League said that the data provided by LaLiga was inaccurate when contacted by Reuters. Tebas tweeted a video of LaLiga’s Corporate Director Javier Gomez discussing the problem and stated on Twitter, “We hear, the “strength” of the Premier League, but it is a competition based on huge losses of the clubs, most of the teams are “financially doped.”

Gomez continued no matter what league or nation the teams are from, the Spanish league will “push” for UEFA to impose restrictions on shareholders and penalize clubs. According to a Premier League representative, the COVID-19 pandemic epidemic was mostly to blame for the losses of about $1.24 billion throughout the relevant time, with equity injections accounting for 1.6 billion pounds. Additionally, according to a league spokeswoman, $12.98 billion in commercial and television revenue is guaranteed for the upcoming three seasons, and teams that follow UEFA-aligned restrictions exhibit long-term profitability.

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