Leading clubs approve new financial fair play system – and tighten up control with “related-party” sponsorships
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European Club Association members approve new cost control measures that will replace UEFA’s existing FFP rules.
ECA describe themselves as UEFA’s “most important stakeholder” and UEFA Exco will vote on the measures next week. Football finance experts says that the new rules “…would ultimately serve to enshrine the positions of Europe’s richest clubs even further.”
Why it matters: European football’s “broken finances” post-pandemic have meant existing FFP rules, which limit accumulated losses to €30 million over three years, need updating.
The perspective: The ECA are having increasing influence in the game’s governance and finances.
29 March 2022 - 3:14 PM
The European Club Association (ECA), the influential representative body of Europe’s leading clubs, has given the green light for new financial control rules that will replace UEFA’s financial fair play rules.
The ECA has worked closely over the past 18 months with UEFA on developing new guidelines that will simplify the existing cost control regime. Its endorseme
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