Manchester City are starting a two-year spending spree to assemble their dream team before Uefa’s new financial fair play rules start to operate in 2012. After then owners will only be able to cover losses of £40m over a three-year transitional period.
Manchester City are starting a two-year spending spree to assemble their dream team before Uefa’s new financial fair play rules start to operate in 2012. After then owners will only be able to cover losses of £40m over a three-year transitional period.
Uefa’s rules are designed to level the playing field, but in fact they may particularly hit clubs like Fulham who went to the final of the Europa League this year and other clubs such as Everton who are on the fringes of European qualification. A club-by-club analysis shows that even Blackburn Rovers would be in trouble.