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It follows the serial by the signing of Messi: "I would have advised to Leo other alternatives"

Published:11/08/2021 - 22:10h

Updated:11/08/2021 - 22:10h

Juan Branco, the lawyer that presented a demand to Paris Saint-Germain by the signing of Lionel Messi, exposes the foundations of his querellas

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Shortly before that the definite agreement between Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain closed , Juan Branco, the lawyer that the past Sunday presented a demand to the Parisian club by the contracting of the Argentinian star, attended the call of 'Sportive World' for esclarecer the details of the case.

Branco, a letrado very popular in France for defending multiple causes in front of people with a lot of can (took part in the case Wikileaks by Julian Assage and against the president of France, Emmanuel Macron), represents now the interests of a group of partners of the Barça in front of the PSG by the signing of Messi, attending the French club is committing a crime of disloyal competition.

Three days ago, Branco presented a demand in front of the European Commission, with a double slope. By a part, a formal demand by disloyal competition. By another, did a request in front of the same European Commission so that it take part in front of the French authorities - function of the art. 116 of the Treaty of Operation of the EU-, to avoid this disloyal competition and do not allow the signing of Messi by the PSG, to tenor that the club Frenchman does not have to fulfil the restrictions of the 'fair play' financial to which, for example, yes has to answer the Barça in front of LaLiga.

Likewise, the alegato possesses greater foundation considering that it was the own CE and the UEFA those who promoted to that the leagues of each country did this control. The offend arrive because in France, after an agreement adopted by the Assembly of Tie it1 on 14 December 2019, agreed that the clubs of this country would not be sanctioned until 2023 by not fulfilling this 'fair play', with a ratio of maximum of 70% of 100% of the income for wages of players. Something that yes applies in Spain, in spite of the economic context derived of the pandemia.

Another demand in France

In addition to the CE, Branco also commissioned to present another demand in front of the maximum administrative court of France, the Council of State, that has accessed to the formality and has assigned like judge instructor to the President of the Room, Fabien Raynauld. "We have asked that it refuse the agreement of Messi, his homologation in front of the Administrative Court of Paris, so that although firm, can block the registration to Tie it1", has argued the letrado of this group of partners of the Barça.

Waiting for the failure of both courts the one of the European Commission has a term from among 48 hours and a month-, Branco has explained that "if I was the lawyer of Messi, would advise him that it went with caution and would see other alternatives", underlines. Accustomed to cases of big transcendence mediática, Juan Branco admits that "I have received a lot of death threats in social networks, especially in Twitter, because obviously in Paris does not like this demand", finish

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