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PSG fined €100,000 by LFP for racial profiling potential signings

Paris Saint-Germain have been fined €100,000 over issues with the club's recruitment practices, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) announced on Tuesday.

Ligue 1 leaders PSG 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.

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.