The presidents of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127 and AS Saint-Etienne feel that the return of AS Monaco to Ligue 1, there would be a lot of sense of unfairness in the league, an issue that needs to be resolved
Despite being far from a dominating side, AS Monaco are currently joint leaders on top of Ligue 2 with FC Nantes. This means that the Principality side could be playing in the Ligue 1 Championnat from next season.
For the Monegasque club’s fans, these are happy times indeed. However, their joy is not being shared by the rest of the footballing elites in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 – and for good reason. The tax benefits enjoyed by the princely state are something that are disturbing for
other clubs. And, it is more worrying indeed with the UEFA Financial Fair Play looming large.
Olympique de Marseille president, Vincent Labrune, while talking to L’Equipe, said that rules have to be the same for every side that’s participating in a particular competition.
“When you participate in a game, the rules must be more or less the same for all.”
And, the Marseille strongman’s feelings are shared by his AS Saint-Etienne counterpart who feels that the Hollande-tax, another worrying issue surrounding French football, would further increase this unfairness to the competition. Ronald Romeyer feels that
even Paris Saint-Germain will have a task on their hands when Monaco return to the Championnat.
“The subject is of concern to many clubs. Objectively, it would be nice to see Monaco return. It is a great club. But with the 75% tax, it would create a real and abnormal problem of unfair competition. This is something that would even challenge PSG.”
Indeed, Paris Saint-Germain would struggle to attract players to their territory once AS Monaco enter the fray. Right now, the capital club is paying http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029 approximately 14 million euros per annum after paying taxes of over 92,884 euros.
If the Swede were to move to Monaco, the club would not be paying that much taxes before the player’s salary which means that naturally, a financial imbalance will be created.
However, Monaco’s General Director, Tor-Kristian Karlsen has chosen not to comment on this matter.
“We decided not to comment on the matter at this time,” says Karlsen.
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