Written by Football NerdJuly 17, 2020

Football Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Where does Manchester City escaping a European ban leave UEFA and Financial Fair Play?

“I truly believe [Financial Fair Play] FFP is gone. I think it’s better to open the circus door and let everybody enjoy.” It is not often that I find myself agreeing with the Premier League pantomime arch-villain and self-avowed “Special One”, nor is it a position I want to find myself in too often in […]

Written by Football NerdFebruary 21, 2020

Football Nerd Weekly Ramblings- UEFA can’t afford not to follow through on their punishment of Manchester City but need to be wary of the potential future implications.

UEFA’s announcement last Friday that Manchester City would be banned from participating in European competition, (in their case the Champions League), for two seasons for breaches of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations, may have been several years in the making but it was still somewhat surprising as most of us doubted whether UEFA would actually […]

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Football Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Where does Manchester City escaping a European ban leave UEFA and Financial Fair Play?

Football Nerd Weekly Ramblings- UEFA can’t afford not to follow through on their punishment of Manchester City but need to be wary of the potential future implications.