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Leave a Comment / Israel Adedeji-Ajoje / September 13, 2023

UEFA Financial Fair Play: Shaping a Sustainable Future for European Football

The total debt in La Liga was estimated at a staggering £2.5 billion, leaving club owners with the arduous task of personally financing their clubs to keep them afloat. In some distressing cases, players were left unpaid as clubs struggled under the weight of their debts.

However, with the enforcement of the FFP rule, the net losses in European football drastically plummeted to approximately €125 million, marking an astounding 92% reduction from 2009 figures.

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PSG’s Transition: Navigating from Galacticos to Homegrown Dominance

After the acquisition of the French giants in a huge statement-making acquisition that followed up the acquisition of Machester City by the Abu Dhabi group and announced the entry of the Middle East financial heavyweights into the European football industry, the Qatari Sports Insortium has spent over 1 billion dollars in an attempt to make PSG stake its claim on the European Football industry. Given, the club were in the final of the UEFA Champions League in 2020 and they almost won the trophy, almost is never good enough.