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Uefa’s financial fair play rules watered down at Soccerex – good news for City!

Blue Days — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:14 +0000

According to reports, the European Club Association have won several concessions in the "financial fair play" rules being brought in by Uefa. Rather than applying from 12012 onwards, the rules will now be phased in between 2012 and 2015, with Uefa assessing club' finances over a rolling 3 year period.

Why Michel Platini and not a Ã‚Â£92.6m loss is the cause for concern at City

Blue Days — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:02:39 +0000

The release of the official accounts for the year to 31 May 2009 showed Sheikh Mansour has invested Ã‚Â£395m in the club with Ã‚Â£305m of loans now turned into shares. The Ã‚Â£92.6m loss was the talk of the papers, but the real concern for the City project lies in UEFA's upcoming financial rules.

Shay Given has our sympathy but FIFA and UEFA need to offer more

Blue Days — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:02:19 +0000

The failure of the officials to spot Thierry Henry's handball has condemned Shay Given and his teammates to miss out on the World Cup Finals in South Africa. Will this high profile case finally provoke FIFA and UEFA into using video replays? We probably shouldn't hold our breath. While the tidal wave of blame has engulfed Thierry Henry and the match officials, shouldn't it also be falling on the game's governors for their failure to embrace technology years ago. Rugby did it with video replays of tries. Cricket did it with Hawkeye. Why can't football let match officials have access to the same technology as a SKY pundit?

Platini pushing ahead with ‘financial fair play’ rules

Blue Days — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:52:04 +0000

This week has seen Michel Platini’s plans for ‘financial fair play’ accepted in principle by Uefa. Exactly how this will work is yet to be agreed and negotiations are set to continue for the rest of the season. Only then can any new rules be ratified.

Platini hasn’t denied that plans to stop clubs from spending more than they make from revenues is intended to prevent ‘sugar daddies’ like Sheikh Mansour and Roman Abramovich coming into the game and transforming ...

FA chief executive Ian Watmore condemns possible Uefa restrictions

Blue Days — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:42:06 +0000

As speculation continues that Michel Platini and Uefa may seek to use the credit crunch and the high levels of debt at some clubs as a justification of bringing in salary caps, the new chief executive of the FA has given another negative reaction.

Ã¢â‚¬Å“Anything that makes the competition stronger and more deep, I think has got to be welcomed. We donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t want to see the Premier League becoming a top- four procession every year.

Ã¢â‚¬Å“If ...