The BVB chief insisted that the English Premier League champions should be thrown out from the UEFA Champions League, and blasted the affairs of super rich owner at the English outfit.
Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has stated that teams like Manchester City should be disqualified from Europe’s Premier cup competition if their wealthy owners put large amount of cash into their clubs with
the help of suspicious sponsorship deals.
The CEO declared that the defending champions will not let go off their financial model in place of an overseas buyer akin to the Premier League club owner Sheikh Mansour. He issued a statement that UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rule
is under threat if it fails to resolve the back-door sponsorship deals issue.
The chairman suggested that UEFA must investigate these teams as they are trying to find loopholes in the new financial regulations. Therefore, the European Football Association must show their authority in punishing the sides
that does not follow the rules.
"Uefa must find the thin line between sponsorship and excessive back-door funding - they must show strength to expel big clubs," he was quoted as saying in an interview.
Watzke maintained that Mansour should not be able to throw large amount of money he makes from the companies he own, and stressed that if this continues to happen then UEFA cannot deal with the financial regulations.
"No tycoon should be allowed to pump crazy money into a club with sponsorship from five companies he controls. If that happens, financial fair play will fail," he added.
"I would not even welcome him [Mansour]. Maybe at other clubs, but what if the Sheikh, as shown by Malaga, lost interest? Then it becomes critical,” he finally concluded.
As a result of this, he would not let someone like the City owner take possession of the Bundesliga outfit. He said that other European teams would want this kind of investment but he is wary of the situation at Spanish side Malaga,
and would never let this happen to the BVB because if the rich owner loses interest in the club then it is a definite suicide.
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