UEFA has decided to reopen the Financial Fair Play file. The name of PSG is on everyone’s lips to make an example of it with a sanction much more than financial this time.
Two years later, he was almost forgotten. Financial fair play has re-emerged in recent days with UEFA’s sudden announcement of sanctions against clubs that have broken the rules in recent years. If there has been a hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the European body is not giving up and is once again attacking clubs that spend more than they earn. If OM has also been targeted, it is the PSG who collected the largest fine with 10 million euros to pay. And that’s nothing compared to the check for 65 million euros that will have to be made if the situation is not rectified by the Parisian leaders, including its president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. The fine provided for was therefore revised downwards, with a deposit of 15% to show proof of credentials.
Fines, PSG laughing
Not enough to shake PSG, which does not appreciate being singled out and not being in compliance with the law of the European football body, but which is not really penalized. This is the very clear opinion of Ben Peppi, expert in sports rights within the law firm JMW Sollictors, ” In reality, fines will never deter big clubs from continuing to circumvent regulations, potentially continuing to break regulations. If you are PSG and you get fined 10 million euros because you sign Lionel Messi and you win the Champions League, the fine compared to bringing victory is very insignificant”underlined the specialized lawyer contacted by the Daily Mail.
Exclusion or less points requested
Therefore, a more drastic solution, and which could prevent clubs out of the nails from appearing well in the Champions League, is mentioned. ” UEFA must send a stronger message. Clubs will continue to break financial rules in favor of big spending unless sporting sanctions are imposed, i.e. they will be banned from competitions or there will be points deducted when they will start the Champions League group stages “Said Ben Peppi, for whom the European body is clearly far behind if it really wants to tackle clubs that spend more than they earn.
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If PSG is systematically cited as the number 1 example, the other big names in Europe are also in the sights. Chelsea, for example, chained signings and offered very long contracts to its players, up to 7 years for Wesley Fofana, to smooth the transfer in the eyes of UEFA through the staggering of expenses. A game of hide-and-seek which is intended to be very sensitive, however, because if UEFA goes too far in its sanctions against clubs, the risks of reviving the idea of the Super League are high. This is not a proven fear for PSG, which has in Nasser Al-Khelaïfi the president of the ECA, the association of European clubs, and is very close to Aleksander Ceferin, the president of UEFA. But the previous ECA president was none other than Andrea Agnelli, who slammed the door to join the SuperLeague project, and was also extremely close to the UEFA boss…
