Liverpool are one of several European clubs set to be investigated for possible Financial Fair Play (FFP) breaches. The UEFA rules state that all clubs competing in Europe must limit their financial losses to 35.4 million pounds over two seasons. When clubs don't comply there are punishments, Manchester City for instance have broken the rules and were handed a fine and also a limit on spending and squad size.
Liverpool recorded losses of £49.8m in 2012-13 and £41m in 2011-12, but they are confident they will be cleared following the investigation. Liverpool, Monaco, Inter Milan and Roma have submitted their accounts to the Club Financial Control Body (CFCB), but they will be asked to provide further information shortly. The Reds have signed a few profitable commercial deals in the last 18 months, so with that money they might fit into the FPP regulations. Also Liverpool can prove they have invested some of their spending in youth development, infrastructure and community projects.
Last season 76 clubs were deemed to be "at risk" of breaching FFP, but only nine were eventually punished. Manchester City and Paris St-Germain were the clubs that suffered the most severe hits by UEFA, each fined 49 million pounds and handed restrictions on transfer spending and a reduction in their squad size for the Champions League. If Liverpool will be going under investigation by UEFA, they would have their £6.8m prize money for reaching the group stages of the Champions League withheld until the club will be able to convince UEFA of their compliance.
galata86 9 years ago
it should be more strict roule and for all team equal. There are a lot of examples where UEFA punish weaker teams and some of biggest teams in europe are unpunished. I know that UEFA like to have a lot of great teams to have more interesting competitions but I think that respect of this rouls can reasoult with equal champions...
it should be more strict roule and for all team equal. There are a lot of examples where UEFA punish weaker teams and some of biggest teams in europe are unpunished. I know that UEFA like to have a lot of great teams to have more interesting competitions but I think that respect of this rouls can reasoult with equal champions league without big favourites
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Johnajax 9 years ago
This should be strict rules and no one can't escape with this. For example you should take Ajax. Ajax youth schoole make players, and they are one of the best in World, but some teams just have money from suspiciouse investitor and they are the best, it is not fair and that should change
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Snoop 9 years ago
Well, this Financial Fair Play looks good on paper, but I think that there is more suspicious teams, like Real Madrid, they are in minus 600 millions euros, but that is OK, noone care about that, they are still buying players which don't worth that money, Barcelona is doing some suspicious transfers... Football was invented...
Well, this Financial Fair Play looks good on paper, but I think that there is more suspicious teams, like Real Madrid, they are in minus 600 millions euros, but that is OK, noone care about that, they are still buying players which don't worth that money, Barcelona is doing some suspicious transfers... Football was invented like sport for poor people, now everything is in money....
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