Al-Khelaifi, speaking at the official unveiling of French striker Kylian Mbappe, one of the players whose signing has sparked the probe, said PSG had respected all of UEFA’s rules.
“We are very confident in our position and in our recruitment,” he told a press conference.
“UEFA can do as it wishes, but we have done everything in a transparent way. We haven’t hidden anything and we don’t need to hide anything.”
PSG, owned by Qatar sovereign wealth fund QSI, broke the world transfer record to pay 222mn euros ($264mn) for Brazilian superstar Neymar in August before signing Mbappe on loan with an option to buy the 18-year-old from Monaco for up to 180mn euros in the second largest deal in history.
The massive outlay sparked complaints from clubs in Spain and Germany that they were competing with a state-backed entity.
The president of Spain’s La Liga, Javier Tebas, said yesterday PSG were “laughing at the system”.
UEFA announced Friday it was looking into whether PSG had broken the FFP rules that are designed to prevent clubs spending more than they earn.
Al-Khelaifi said: “We respect all of FIFA and UEFA’s rules. It’s not our problem if other clubs aren’t happy.
“My concern is that we achieve our aims.”
In a reference to the complicated deal that brought Mbappe to PSG from Monaco, the striker thanked his lawyers “who have given themselves a bit of a headache recently, but for a good cause”.
Mbappe said that at the end of last season he had decided to stay with Monaco, “but certain events happened which made me change my mind”.
“I discussed in depth with my family and I took the decision to join PSG,” said the teenager who comes from the Paris suburbs.
He insisted he had not fallen out with the Monaco ownership and praised the club’s vice president Vadim Vasilyev, but told reporters: “There were some things that happened that I will talk about, you’ll hear soon.”
Al-Khelaifi elected to European Clubs Association Executive Committee
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) president Nasser al-Khelaifi was elected as a member of the executive committee of the European Clubs Association (ECA) at the general assembly meeting in Geneva, which saw the presence of 162 clubs representatives.
Present at the meeting was Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy’s (SC) secretary general Hassan al-Thawadi, along with several senior football officials, including FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
Al-Khelaifi was elected as one of 11 members of the ECA executive committee. He also holds a number of positions, including the presidency of Qatar Tennis Federation and was elected in 2015 as vice-president of the AFC for West Asia.
Al-Thawadi’s participation in the meeting is in the framework of the excellent ties between ECA and the State of Qatar since Doha hosted the first ECA general assembly out of Europe.
In this regard, al-Thawadi stressed SC’s keenness on being present in these occasions, which, he considered an opportunity to deepen ties with European clubs and serve the march of football and public interests in general.
He added that this participation is also an opportunity to brief all the officials on the ongoing Qatari preparations for hosting a unique World Cup edition in 2022, stressing that the recent regional crisis didn’t affect the World Cup preparations.
He wished success to al-Khelaifi, saying that his professionalism, evident in the transformation of PSG since he led it, is an addition to the ECA.
Established in 2008 and recognised by FIFA and UEFA, ECA represents the interests of 220 European clubs who are members of the association.