UEFA is expected to announce next month that the FFP rules will be eased to allow more owner investment - a move that will aim to nullify more than 10 legal challenges that the European governing body is now facing.
Platini told French radio station RTL: "The world is two-faced but we will say this openly: I think we'll ease things, but it will be the executive committee who will decide if it is to be eased or something like that, and the outcome will be known by the end of June.
"I think the regulations have been very good and it is the clubs who voted for FFP.
"But the French press say it is not right that (Chelsea owner Roman) Abramovich can buy many players and in France they can not buy them. But if the Qataris had bought AC Milan the French would also say we should make financial fair play even tougher. As it is, the Italians wanted it eased."
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/article/165/9855568/uefa-to-relax-rules-over-financial-fair-play
I don't get what the point of enforcing them was if they're getting eased off Seems like the lawyers have found too many loopholes with UEFA under pressure "by more than 10 legal challenges", and the French seem to be crying too much as well.
After this announcement, I'm expecting a crazy summer of transfers now. City will be blowing their load and will probably beat our spending too.
The failure of FFP
posted on 18/5/15
Fck it, they should relax all regulation on spending. It's not like we're not used to the ticket prices going up and Messi's struggling on his wage at the moment.
posted on 18/5/15
The biggest problem with FFP was the loan-system. In fact, the loan system is the biggest problem in football.
posted on 18/5/15
Agree with that, loan system and poaching of youth are the two biggest for me.
FFP never went far enough, it needed to be strengthened rather than weakened if it was going to do any good.
posted on 18/5/15
Chelsea masterminded the loan system and once they had it up and running on an industrial scale they became leading advocates of FFP.
posted on 18/5/15
With the best intentions in the world, FFP still wouldn't work as there are too many variables that can't be navigated. Tax laws are so varied that a salary cap will always be flawed as gross pay has to vary wildly to ensure equal net pay.
Just look at our own country to see how un-enforceable something like this is. As a mancunian having moved down South nearly 20 years ago, I earn more than most of my mates back home but have less disposable income than most of them. Things cost more down South than in the north on the whole including football tickets. Therefore in theoretical terms southern teams can pay more wages and spend more on players without outside influence so we just become Eco-centric towards success.
Scale that out to Europe and are partisan Belgrade going to win anything or dinamo Bucharest, or plenty of clubs with wonderful histories. They need money as their economic climate dictates that they will always be paupers otherwise.
I hope more people who love football go off any make a fortune, then spend a ton of it making their team great. Fortunately for me someone did it for me but if I suddenly invented some app that made me billions, beware the force that would be Macclesfield Town!
posted on 18/5/15
Very good point Manc.
posted on 18/5/15
When I say paupers,I mean relatively in football terms obviously.
posted on 18/5/15
Herbie
Can you please decipher the word Mon?g, only I live in England not a fecking foreign country you fecccckwit. Obviously you move in monnng circles.
posted on 19/5/15
I believe that means something along the lines of, in-bred half wit? Hope this helps
posted on 3/7/15
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33381403
Good news in terms of clubs with big squads. Last season likes of Negredo and co had to be loaned out due to this.