All the rumors that have arisen in recent months about the signing of Leo Messi by Paris Saint-Germain could make sense: Leo meeting with his friend Neymar to get the longed-for Champions League title for the Parisian team in exchange for an astronomical salary , but That is precisely the issue, although it seems impossible, PSG cannot currently sign the most expensive footballer in the world.
Not due to lack of resources , we know that the owners of the French team have them unlimited, but the famous Financial Fair Play makes a move like this completely unfeasible , let’s see why:
French football is going through a very delicate moment , since in addition to having to cancel the previous championship due to the pandemic, Ligue 1 fell short without its main commercial partner, the company Mediapro that broke the broadcasting rights agreement hac e a few weeks and that would mean an approximate income of $ 880 million dollars annually from now to 2024.
This graph is very interesting to see what the Ligue 1 clubs revenue from television rights. All teams base more than 50% of their income on them, except PSG and OM. In other words, the looming crisis after Mediapro is impressive. pic.twitter.com/N343rW0RW1
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The breaking of this agreement directly affects the league and the clubs that also stop receiving a small fortune and that distances them from the Financial Fair Play that regulates that the perceptions and club expenditures are even to maintain competitiveness.
Ligue 1 matches will not be broadcast from next February 5 if there is no agreement with some other television company.
In fact, PSG’s investment in players has been decreasing significantly each year and now would have to sell footballers in this winter market to enter between $ 40 and $ 50 million to stabilize its finances , in addition to having already announced losses of 124 million due to the coronavirus pandemic.
E ntonces is the signing of Messi by PSG feasible? The answer for now is: not at all.
