The UEFA investigates the accounts of the Barça

Barça would be among the 20 European clubs under suspicion for breaching fair play regulations during the 2020-21 season, as reported by The Times.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
23 August 2022 Tuesday 04:33
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The UEFA investigates the accounts of the Barça

Barça would be among the 20 European clubs under suspicion for breaching fair play regulations during the 2020-21 season, as reported by The Times. However, in the Barça entity they are not aware that there is not even a file started on this matter, which would be the first step for a possible sanction.

The 2020-21 financial year began with the management of the previous board and from March, after winning the elections, the board led by Joan Laporta took the reins of Barça. On October 26, 2020, the club's managers approved the budget for that season, 200 million less due to the impact of the pandemic, and a day later the then president Josep Maria Bartomeu and his board resigned.

Continuing with the information published by the British newspaper, in addition to the Blaugrana entity, the Italians Juventus, Inter Milan and Rome, the French PSG and Olympique de Marseille, and Arsenal in England, among others, are also being investigated by the European body. .

In the case of the French clubs, these would be possible economic sanctions, while the rest of the teams are exposed to harsher punishments that could involve being banned from playing European competitions or not being able to sign during one or several transfer windows, something that already Barça suffered in 2015, when he was sanctioned without being able to incorporate players during two transfer markets.

Returning to the information from The Times, the fine against both Barça and Juventus could also be related to their commitment to the Super League, a project currently only defended by the Blaugrana, the vecchia Signora and Real Madrid. The relationship of these three clubs with UEFA is going through a delicate moment.

It should be remembered that from 2023 the UEFA fair play regulations will change. Clubs' spending on player salaries, transfers and agent commissions in a calendar year will be limited to a specific percentage of their income, which will be 90% in 2023, 80% in 2024 and 70% from 2025 onwards .