Financial Fair Play: "Try to advise, but if clubs don't comply, we will punish" (A. Ceferin, UEFA)

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"I am very serious, you will see. We will try to help (the clubs respect the rules). We will try to advise them (on Financial Fair Play). But if they don't comply, we will punish. And we will punish severely," stated Aleksander Ceferin, UEFA president, on 26/08/2017.

"I am not talking about PSG. I am talking about every club in Europe. We are monitoring the situation, the transfer window is not closed yet. Trust me, we're working on it. It's impossible to say anything (about a specific club) until our team finishes their audit. It would not be fair to say anything at this moment, it would be like a judge deciding the verdict before the trial is finished," said Ceferin in Monaco ahead of the draw for the Group Stage of the 2017-18 Champions League and Europa League on 24 and 25/08/2017.

"We have to follow the rules," he added. "Otherwise, it's better if we leave. Just close the door and go home if we don't respect our own regulations. I said it yesterday many times. We can't be a tiger without teeth. We can not allow the greatness of some to overshadow and drown out others. If we…

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