text: Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany insists that UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations protect elite clubs rather than helping teams avoid going bust. The Premier League champions were last year deemed to have breached FFP regulations, before being fined £50million and ordered to operate with a £49m transfer kitty this season. City are debt-free, mainly thanks to the vast wealth of owner Sheikh Mansour’s heavy personal investment, whereas Manchester United were able to splash out £150m on new talent in the summer, despite being in the region of £400m in the red. Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has slammed FFP for protecting the established order of clubs . Ahead of the Manchester derby on Sunday, Kompany has hit back at the FFP rulings, claiming they prevent other teams challenging the established sides at the upper echelons of the game. 'Just who is FFP protecting?' Kompany told the Sunday Mirror. 'For me, it is protecting those few clubs who were already geared up to be successful. ‘Just because a club is part of the established order doesn't mean they should be guaranteed success forever,’ he added. 'I just look at it in terms of the established order protecting themselves.’ 'When I first came to England seven years ago, it was the same four clubs always in the top four. That has changed. Our owners have invested to build a successful club. That in itself will bring in more fans and create more revenue. Is that so bad? Kompany and his City team-mates react after losing to Crystal Palace over the Easter weekend . Glenn Murray holds off a challenge from Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany at Selhurst park . The Belgian international has guided City to pick up two Premier League titles, a FA Cup and the Capital One Cup in the past four seasons, having joined the club just 10 days before Sheikh Mansour bought the club. Kompany praises the impact of the owners on aspects that aren’t just beneficial to the club and claimed such a takeover and transformation would be impossible with FFP in full swing. ‘Look at what this club has done for the community and the city of Manchester – and don't forget that we pay a lot of tax in the UK as well, so that helps the economy,’ said Kompany. 'If City's owners hadn't invested like they did five years ago, it might have been too late for them to create a top club.' 'What has been introduced denies clubs like Leeds, Nottingham Forest and others with big fan-bases the opportunity to ever get to the top level again.' City owner (second right) Sheikh Mansour talks to his key members of staff on a trip to Abu Dhabi .
target: Manchester City fined £50million for breaking FFP regulations in 2014 .
  Vincent Kompany insists the rulings only help the elite clubs .
  City take on neighbours Manchester United in the derby on Sunday .