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I'm pleased to see UEFA haven't totally bottled it. I thought at the time that Chelsea would end up being fined more than they would earn from the Conference League and even suggested that if I'd been in their place I would have turned down competing for that reason.
The fact that there is a suspended fine, however, does suggest UEFA partly bottled it, and I wonder whether they'd have been fined more heavily had they been in the Champions Leavue and earned more money.
Anyway, more of this please.
EDIT - looks like they earned about €19m in media money, so fined more than they earned. Even with commercial bonuses and gate receipts it's likely they made a loss on (checks notes) equalling David Moyes' career trophy win total.
The fact that there is a suspended fine, however, does suggest UEFA partly bottled it, and I wonder whether they'd have been fined more heavily had they been in the Champions Leavue and earned more money.
Anyway, more of this please.
EDIT - looks like they earned about €19m in media money, so fined more than they earned. Even with commercial bonuses and gate receipts it's likely they made a loss on (checks notes) equalling David Moyes' career trophy win total.
Are these fines exempt from counting against their profitability compliance?
Bring back debtors prison.
Bring back debtors prison.
Basically yes, for UEFA purposes. The way the new rules work, fines wouldn't count towards future compliance. However, I believe they would count towards PL PSR as they still impact profit, unless the PL bottles it and allows an exemption.
And whilst I agree that fining a City or a Chelsea makes fuck-all difference as they couldn't give a toss and will just plough more money in, it does ultimately hit their owners in the pocket and anything that causes ructions between Chelsea's ownership group (who already hate each other) is fine by me. City aren't going to care or be derailed anyway (plus they're faking their income so they are seen to comply).
It'll be an issue for Villa, for sure, and for Barca (again, it'll be an issue for their hierarchy and probably for La Liga too).
And it's probably done for Lyon - they were relegated for financial reasons last week and this was probably what tipped the balance (they, and possibly the French FA will probably have known for a week or two).
Likely they had already accounted for this (or something like it). Winning the trophy and the Kudos and exposure worth more than the fine - but I don't think you're allowed to refuse entry into a cup you've qualified for under UEFA rules - I think? Probably wrong !
No, I think you can decline entry (and you can be excluded if you don't meet the licensing terms), it's just very rare that anyone does.
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