UEFA Orders ‘Further Investigation’ Of PSG Over Financial Fairplay • Channels Television

 

UEFA has asked its financial unit “for further investigation” into allegations that Paris Saint-Germain has broken its financial fair play rules.

European football’s governing body initially opened an investigation into the Qatari-owned club’s spending in September 2017 under pressure from some of Europe’s biggest clubs after the French club signed Brazilian midfielder Neymar for a world-record 222 million euros ($261 million).

Within weeks, the club had also agreed a deal to sign teenage striker Kylian Mbappe from Monaco for 180 million euros. He has since become one of world football’s hottest properties.

 

In June, UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) closed its investigation into PSG’s spending only to re-open it just a month later.

UEFA said on Monday the case had now been referred “back…