Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has called for an end to Financial Fair Play.

The Gunners chief had been a major supporters of UEFA’s rules to clamp down on clubs spending beyond their means.

But the Frenchman has changed his mind on FFP rules, because he believes they simply cannot be enforced and clubs have found a way to beat the system.

After Paul Pogba’s £89million world record transfer to Manchester United last year, Paris Saint-Germain have more than doubled that figure with the signing of Neymar from Barcelona.

Les Parisiens have also tied up a deal to sign Kylian Mbappe, initially loaning the Monaco starlet ahead of a £160million move next summer, in an apparent circumvention of FFP.

PSG have made Neymar the world's most expensive player - and Mbappe will be No.2 (
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PSG’s spending has seen them widely criticised and UEFA have confirmed they are investigating their spending.

However, the Qatari-backed French club are relaxed about the investigation and insist they have not breached FFP - leaving Wenger to reckon that it is simply unenforceable.

“Financial Fair Play raises new questions. I always did plead for it. Today, I am not convinced that we can maintain it," declared Wenger.

"Football is maybe only at the start of a huge financial investment. It has become the most powerful sport in the world. It means do we have to open the door completely to investments? It is a question we have to raise because, at the moment, it looks like we have created rules that cannot be respected. There is nothing worse than when you create rules that are not respected.

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“Maybe we are at the crossroads and we have to think, do we open it with complete freedom to investment for people like the Chinese and Americans, who want to invest here [in England]? If you want to remain the best league in the world, that is certainly the way we have to go.

“Do I want to get rid of Financial Fair Play? I think so because there are too many legal ways to get around it. The question, at least, has to be raised.

"At the moment, it looks like you can buy clubs in China and get the players there, and buy them in other clubs, then get them, after, here. You can get around [FFP].

"Am I convinced that, at the moment, the rules are strong enough to make it respected? I’m not sure.”

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