Tuesday, 30th October, 2012
Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has blasted Paris Saint-Germain for their big spending ways, insisting expensive transfers need to be earned off the pitch before the money is spent on it.
PSG once again splashed the cash over the summer, launching a double-swoop on AC Milan for Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, while they also tempted exciting Italian midfielder Marco Verratti, someone dubbed "the new Andrea Pirlo", to the Parc des Princes.
A transfer was also lined up for January too, with Brazil midfielder Lucas Moura set to arrive at the start of 2013 for a fee in excess of €40M.
It is a situation which does not sit well with Rummenigge, who has dismissed the fact that the Bavarians splurged €40M on Spanish international Javi Martinez, by insisting they earned the right to pay such a fee.
"There is a rumour that PSG have set a new record for losses", Rummenigge told Welt am Sontag.
"We have arrived at a point where football should keep up its authenticity and not fall into the hands of investors", he continued.
relatedNewsStory"It should not become a toy that allows some people to make a name for themselves.
"With Javi Martinez, we took a big financial step, but we earned this money before we spent it."
Bayern Munich, like a number of other clubs, are pinning their hopes on UEFA getting tough with teams which do not live within their means through the new financial fair play rules.
However, with PSG mooted as having a €100M sponsorship deal lined up with Emirates, the French club could be on a sustainable financial footing sooner rather than later.
