Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has described Paris Saint-Germain s hierarchy as magicians in a broadside aimed at the club in relation to their finances.
Ahead of his side s clash with PSG in the Champions League, De Laurentiis revived complaints he has made about the French champions and their commitment to UEFA s Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations.
In September, UEFA re-opened an investigation into PSG s finances after they had initially been cleared of breaking FFP rules.
De Laurentiis was quoted as describing Neymar s €222million transfer from Barcelona to PSG as pathetic and vulgar in 2017 and, in an interview with Le Parisien, he reiterated his grievances.
PSG have a great strength, thanks to the fact that they have no economic problems, said De Laurentiis, who is a prominent Italian film producer.
If they have a budget sheet in the red, like magicians they turn it white again.
A pleasant UEFA lunch in Paris with our friends from !
— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli)
I entered football in 2004, when I learned that Napoli had gone bankrupt, without knowing anything about football.
For me, football is not a way to make other investments as it is for Qatar. It s an industry, like when I make movies.
In three years, we arrived in Serie A. We were 525th in the UEFA classification, today we are 14th.
We have come a long way.
