Platini issues debt warning

Michel Platini insists UEFA are going to "fight very seriously" to restrict entry into the Champions League and UEFA Cup by clubs in debt.UEFA president Platini again expressed his concern at the amount of rising debt even the top clubs are getting into.

The two-time World Player of the year claimed that in future UEFA would come down hard on clubs that owed hefty sums - a decision that could have seen European champions Manchester United and final opponents Chelsea banned from the Champions League last season.

Platini spoke about the issue earlier this month and said "it is the ones who cheat who win".

And he added on Thursday: "UEFA are going to fight very seriously to restrict entry to its competitions from clubs that are in debt.

"I'm not only talking about English teams such as Chelsea or Manchester United, who reached the Champions League final with a huge debt, I'm talking in general.

"It's a problem that grabs my heart. Four or five years from now we have to have sorted the situation out, with co-operation from clubs and national associations."

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uefa are spineless
From Timabhouy, on Tue 1 Jul 7:06PM
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i absolutely disagree the champions league will no longer be a champions league lets face it all the best clubs are in debt i agree that it is a problem but this isnt the way of solving it i think that this will not only damage the top clubs but european football as a whole as the best clubs wont be on show. All the top clubs have to do is get together and form their own champions league the tv rights for that would fetch almost as much as the champions league so another problem of the same kind would be created. Platini you an idiot and you are against english football.
From ben, on Mon 30 Jun 10:56AM
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This is long overdue. Commercial companies operating whilst insolvent would be in breech of the law.
From rowlandd@..., on Thu 26 Jun 6:17PM
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absolutely agree with platini on this one, even though i don't like him very much...
only that can save european football and especially international football. That way one can really say that Arsenal represents England, and not France or Spain, or that Chelsea represents England and not the African Nations, or that ManU represents England and not Portugal or Brazil or whatever...
Please do that Platini, even if it means we won't see ManU, Chelsea, and other teams of that sort in the champions league. We can take that for a year or two, as long as football is cleared from cheaters and profiters who are corrupting the sport. put quotas on foreign players too!
From go, on Thu 26 Jun 6:10PM
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