La Liga boss labels Man City, PSG 'playthings of the state'

LONDON - Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain should be excluded from European club competition and are nothing more than "playthings of the state", La Liga's president Javier Tebas said on Wednesday.

It is not the first time the outspoken head of the Spanish league has attacked Abu Dhabi-owned City or Qatari-owned PSG, and newly crowned Premier League champion City has threatened to take him to court.

Tebas launched another broadside at the wealthy clubs when he spoke at the Financial Times Business of Football Summit, saying City and PSG "are clubs who could not care less what their real incomes are when they want to sign a player because they receive income from the state".