November 13 – UEFA will consider re-opening Financial Fair Play (FFP) investigations “on a case-by-case basis” if there is evidence of wrongdoing following the spate of allegations made against Manchester City and Paris St-Germain by Germany’s Der Spiegel.
Citing documents and emails provided by the whistle-blowing platform Football Leaks, Der Spiegel has published a series of articles over the last 10 days which have accused the Middle East owners of both clubs of trying to circumvent FFP rules.
Initially UEFA said it could not comment because of “confidentiality obligations” but has finally broken its silence on the claims which Der Spiegel says were conducted behind UEFA’s back.
In a statement, UEFA said its assessment of FFP breakeven requirements depends on “the co-operation of clubs to declare a complete and genuine financial position” as well as “compliance checks and analysis undertaken by UEFA”.
“If new information comes to light that may be material to this assessment, UEFA will use that to challenge the figures and will seek explanation, clarification or rebuttal from the club concerned,” it continued.
“Should new information suggest that previously-concluded cases have been abused, those cases may be capable of being reopened as determined on a case-by-case basis.”
“This approach is applied universally to all clubs that apply for a UEFA licence and participate in European club competitions.”
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