PSG fined €100,000 by LFP over player-recruitment practices

London, January 23: Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) have been fined €100,000 over issues with the club's recruitment practices, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) announced.

Ligue 1 leaders PSG, who are owned by wealthy Qatari businessman Nasser Al Khelaifi, were investigated after the team confirmed last November that "forms with illegal content" were used by a recruitment section of the club's academy.

A report by Mediapart and television programme 'Envoye Special', following the release of the Football Leaks documents, claimed scouts were requested to document the ethnicity of potential academy signings.

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General manager Jean-Claude Blanc was among those to give evidence to the LFP's disciplinary committee, as well as the club's former sporting director Olivier Letang.

PSG conducted their own investigation into player-recruitment practices but their case was closed after finding no discrimination.

The LFP, however, confirmed PSG will be fined €100,000 while various members of the club's staff were also cited.

Bertrand Reuzeau, who was director of PSG's training centre between 2013 and 2015, has been ordered to pay a suspended €10,000 fine.

Recruiting agents Marc Westerloppe and Pierre Reynaud were also hit with suspended €5,000 fines, the LFP said.

(With OPTA inputs)