article_snippet: In a battle of old money versus new money itLaurent Blanc’s not often Roman AbramovichChelsea are consigned to the former category, the frugal, traditional team taking on the gaudy spendthrifts.
article_snippet: But with Chelsea having grown out of their own age of extravagance, it is Qatari-backed PSG who have fallen foul of Laurent Blanc’s new Financial Fair Play rules.
article_snippet: When Jose Mourinho makes Jose Mourinho barbed comments about clubs which ‘think they can over-ride what Financial Fair Play says’ Jose Mourinho has Qatari-backed PSG in Jose Mourinho sights as much as Manchester City.
article_snippet: And perhaps understandably so; despite being fined, like Manchester City, £49 million for breaching the FFP rules, told by UEFA to break even by 2016, to not increase their wage bill and to limit transfers, the club managed to spend £43m on Luiz.
article_snippet: And, according to reports in France, the club provisional budget for turnover next season has risen again to £350million after increased sponsorship deals with Nike, Emirates, Nivea, Huawei, Pure Essential and Mumm – all in addition to the disputed £150m four-year deal they have with the Qatar Tourist Authority, which UEFA refused to accept was a fair market price for a secondary sponsor.
article_snippet: Jose Mourinho has complained about the Paris club's extensive spending, but FFP has had little impact .
article_snippet: And should PSG’s European dream die on Wednesday in London, Europe’s leading coaches can expect to be fielding fresh inquiries from the Qatari owners.