PSG rule out selling Kylian Mbappe and Neymar even if charged over FFP rules

KYLIAN MBAPPE AND NEYMAR will not be sold by Paris Saint-Germain this summer – regardless of whether the club have met Financial Fair Play regulations (FFP).

The future of the two superstars at PSG had been called into question after it was suggested that the Ligue 1 giants were likely to be investigated by Uefa.

Mbappe and Neymar joined PSG for a combined purchase price of around £350 million

But the club’s Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has moved quickly to quash the suggestion, saying that the players were ‘2000 percent’ staying put at the Parc des Princes.

Speaking to French daily Le Parisien, Al-Khelaifi said: “They (Neymar and Mbappe) will stay in Paris.

“Many media, especially in France, claim that one would need to sell Neymar or Kylian. I want to confirm that they will stay here.”

FFP rules ban clubs from spending more than the revenue they generate from ticket sales, player transfers, TV revenue, advertising, merchandising, disposal of fixed assets, finance and prize money.

PSG’s Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi insists Neymar and Mbappe will remain at the club

The rules were first introduced in 2011 to prevent wealthy owners trying to buy success and to stop the transfer market becoming over-inflated.

PSG were fined €60million, with another €40m euros suspended, for failing to meet FFP regulations in 2014.

Their squad was reduced to 21 players and restrictions were placed on transfer spending.

The club were investigated again after the 2017 spending spree that brought Neymar and Mbappe to Paris for an eventual combined total reputed to be around €400m (nearly £350m).

PSG may face further sanctions under FFP regulations, though not for the purchases of Mbappe and Neymar

They were initially cleared of wrongdoing, but Uefa’s investigation was reopened later that year amid suggestions that sponsors have been paying inflated sums to artificially boost the club’s income – something PSG denies.

If found guilty of breaches of the rules, the French side could be hit with sanctions ranging from further fines to points deduction, withholding of revenue from European competition and transfer embargos.

Al-Khelafi added: “We have always respected financial fair play, the Uefa rules. We are very clear.

“Uefa has always been welcome in Paris-Saint-Germain to investigate and conduct its research.”