Rome, 17 June (LaPresse) – UEFA has announced its measures regarding financial fair play for European clubs. Ryan and Dan Friedkin’s Roma are also in the firing line, having been fined €6 million. Two million for having slightly exceeded the interim target for the financial year ending in 2025, and a further four million for having reported a ratio of squad-related costs to revenue in excess of 70 per cent for the calendar year 2025. Milan, Monaco, Besiktas, Inter, Paris Saint-Germain, Royal Antwerp and Trabzonspor have met the final target of the agreement by complying with the football revenue rule for the 2025/26 season (i.e. covering the reference periods ending in 2023, 2024 and 2025) and have therefore exited the compliance regime. Olympique Marseille, on the other hand, faces the threat of exclusion from the Europa League. UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body has found that the Marseille club has failed to comply with the settlement agreement signed in 2022, in which it undertook to return to a balanced budget in accordance with Financial Fair Play standards (a deficit not exceeding €60 million over three seasons, with the shareholder covering at least €55 million) . However, as it partially took into account Marseille’s arguments regarding the decline in television rights in the French market, it did not immediately exclude them from the next Europa League. Marseille has been granted a one-year extension to rectify its situation; otherwise, it will be automatically excluded from all European competitions in 2027–2028 or in subsequent years, should it fail to qualify at the end of next season. OM also overpaid its players, breaching Financial Fair Play rules: “The First Chamber of the ICFC also found that Olympique de Marseille had breached the squad costs rule, having declared a squad cost ratio exceeding 70 per cent for the 2025 calendar year. Given this overspend, the club has been fined a further €4 million.” Marseille has thus avoided the worst, but will have to undertake a serious austerity programme to save itself and avoid exclusion from European competitions. This will also involve the payment of fines totalling €10 million, which will place a further strain on its finances.
Football, financial fair play: UEFA fines AS Roma 6 million
Rome, 17 June (LaPresse) – UEFA has announced its measures regarding financial fair play for European clubs. Ryan and Dan Friedkin’s Roma are also in the firing line, having been fined €6 million. Two million for having slightly exceeded the interim target for the financial year ending in 2025, and a further four million for having reported a ratio of squad-related costs to revenue in excess of 70 per cent for the calendar year 2025. Milan, Monaco, Besiktas, Inter, Paris Saint-Germain, Royal Antwerp and Trabzonspor have met the final target of the agreement by complying with the football revenue rule for the 2025/26 season (i.e. covering the reference periods ending in 2023, 2024 and 2025) and have therefore exited the compliance regime. Olympique Marseille, on the other hand, faces the threat of exclusion from the Europa League. UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body has found that the Marseille club has failed to comply with the settlement agreement signed in 2022, in which it undertook to return to a balanced budget in accordance with Financial Fair Play standards (a deficit not exceeding €60 million over three seasons, with the shareholder covering at least €55 million) . However, as it partially took into account Marseille’s arguments regarding the decline in television rights in the French market, it did not immediately exclude them from the next Europa League. Marseille has been granted a one-year extension to rectify its situation; otherwise, it will be automatically excluded from all European competitions in 2027–2028 or in subsequent years, should it fail to qualify at the end of next season. OM also overpaid its players, breaching Financial Fair Play rules: “The First Chamber of the ICFC also found that Olympique de Marseille had breached the squad costs rule, having declared a squad cost ratio exceeding 70 per cent for the 2025 calendar year. Given this overspend, the club has been fined a further €4 million.” Marseille has thus avoided the worst, but will have to undertake a serious austerity programme to save itself and avoid exclusion from European competitions. This will also involve the payment of fines totalling €10 million, which will place a further strain on its finances.
