Barcelona paid a fine resulting from overspending and triggering the Financial Fair Play regulations. This stems from Barcelona's acquisition of Dani Alves, Andreas Christensen and extending Ronald Araújo's contract. Barcelona's excessive spending is a much-noted topic. Just this past summer, Barcelona spent well over $100 million on Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Jules Koundé. However, the […]

Nyon (Switzerland) (AFP) – UEFA on Thursday approved new licensing regulations to replace its existing Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, allowing European clubs to make bigger losses than before but limiting spending on wages and transfers. As expected, European football's governing body decided to overhaul the FFP rules that were introduced in 2010 in order […]

Paris (France) (AFP) – Free-spending French giants Paris Saint-Germain are set to face UEFA sanctions for breaches of Financial Fair Play (FFP), according to a report by the British Financial Times on Wednesday that claims PSG "overstated" sponsorship contracts to the tune of 200 million euros. Bankrolled by Qatari owners, PSG smashed the world transfer […]

Arsene Wenger believes the new £5billion Premier League domestic TV rights deal has provoked clubs in the rest of Europe to demand changes to UEFA's financial fair play rules. UEFA president Michel Platini confirmed on Monday that the FFP rules would be eased – and it is understood that the changes will allow more money […]

Earlier today, UEFA announced that ten clubs which were under investigation for non-compliance with Financial Fair Play (FFP) have individually agreed to settlement agreements. The clubs are AS Monaco, AS Roma, Besiktas, Inter Milan, FC Krasnodar, FC Lokomotiv Moskva and Sporting Lisbon and, for minor breaches, FC Rostov, Kardemir Karabukspor and PFC CSKA Sofia. It […]

Manchester City and Chelsea are often cited as the two clubs that were inspirations for UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. The ownership of both clubs have been accused of “hurting football” thanks to big spending, and have been the object of ire from opposing clubs supporters due to the obscene amount of money both […]

Last week, UEFA levied severe Financial Fair Play (FFP) sanctions against Manchester City FC and Paris Saint-Germain, among several clubs. In the wake of the settlement that averted a potential court case for the governing body of European football, much has been written about FFP. I have for a long while felt that FFP is […]