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Manchester Citys ägare, shejk Mansour från Förenade Arabemiraten/Citys David Silva/Gianni Infantino. (TT)

Fifapresident ska ha hjälpt PSG och City att fiffla

Manchester City och Paris Saint Germain har systematiskt undvikit finansiella regler i syfte att skaffa sig fördelar. Fifas president Gianni Infantino ska ha känt till fusket men sett mellan fingrarna, visar läckta dokument enligt Der Spiegel.

Dokumenten, som ingår i en ny vända av de så kallade ”Football leaks”, visar att City och PSG brutit mot de så kallade financial fair play-reglerna, som är till för att se till att klubbarna inte spenderar mer pengar än de får in i intäkter.

Infantino var då generalsekreterare i Uefa och slöt avtal som gjorde att klubbarna kunde spendera hundratals miljoner euro utan sanktioner.

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Financial Fair Play-reglerna
Wikipedia (en)
The UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations (FFP) were established to prevent professional football clubs spending more than they earn in the pursuit of success and in doing so getting into financial problems which might threaten their long-term survival. They were agreed to in principle in September 2009 by the Financial Control Panel of football’s governing body in Europe (Union of European Football Associations – UEFA). The regulations provide for sanctions to be taken against clubs who exceed spending, over several seasons, within a set budgetary framework. Implementation of the regulations took place at the outset of the 2011–12 football season. The severest penalty is disqualification from the European competitions. Other penalties included fines, the withholding of prize money, and player transfer bans. On announcing the new legislation, former UEFA President Michel Platini said, Fifty per cent of clubs are losing money and this is an increasing trend. We needed to stop this downward spiral. They have spent more than they have earned in the past and haven't paid their debts. We don't want to kill or hurt the clubs; on the contrary, we want to help them in the market. The teams who play in our tournaments have unanimously agreed to our principles…living within your means is the basis of accounting but it hasn't been the basis of football for years now. The owners are asking for rules because they can't implement them themselves - many of them have had it with shovelling money into clubs and the more money you put into clubs, the harder it is to sell at a profit. Platini went on to say that the measures were supported by the majority of football club owners, and that an independent panel would be set up to judge whether clubs had broken the rules. Although the intentions of encouraging greater financial caution in football have been well-received, FFP has been criticised as illegal by limiting the internal market, failing to reduce football club debt and protecting the status quo. In 2015, UEFA announced FFP would be "eased" in response to a number of lawsuits which are currently ongoing in courts.
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