Financial fair play: UEFA to reinforce rules regarding the control of clubs from 2018-19

A reinforcement of financial fair play rules applicable from the 2018-19 season should be endorsed by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Kiev (UKR), on 24/05/2018, according to the French sports daily L'Équipe on 11/05/2018.

The changes introduced in the 2018 edition of the "UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations" concern, for example, the immediate guarantees required when a club's transfer balance reaches a deficit of €100m (see below). These developments must first be validated by the professional football strategy commission, a body that brings together UEFA, European Leagues, the clubs (ECA), and the players (FIFPro Europe), convening in Lyon (FRA) ahead of the final of the 2017-18 Europa League (Olympique de Marseille - Atlético de Madrid), on 16/05/2018.

"We do not want to kill anyone, nor do we say 'such and such, or out'. We do everything to help, for everyone. We are not the police, but there are also rules to be respected. It is an independent judgment," said Aleksander Ceferin, president of UEFA, on financial fair play, to the Italian daily La…