UEFA must kick a rich club out of the Champions League, or at least deduct points, if it wants FFP rules to be taken seriously and create a more even playing field in European competition, insists a leading sports law firm.
Football’s European governing body has issued fines against eight of the continent’s biggest clubs, including AC Milan, AS Monaco, AS Roma, Besiktas JK, Inter, Juventus, Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain, for breaking FFP rules last season, but it will have little impact, warns Ben Peppi, sports commercial expert at JMW solicitors.