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Problems within the Management of European Football Clubs and Countermeasures: A Case Study on Manchester City and the Financial Fair Play
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Abstract
Football nowadays is definitely one of the most important ways of entertainment in people’s life. Football leagues such as the Premier League are attracting millions of viewers from all over the world. But when people talk about football, fairness is something that should guarantee to the fans. Thus the UEFA has introduced Financial Fair Play in order to achieve equality in European football clubs’ finance and management. In this investigation, the aim is to research how European football clubs could work under the restrictions of the Financial Fair Play and provide a case study on Manchester City’s breaches in 2023. This paper is to research and compare recent cases of other teams’ violations and estimates the best way European football clubs can survive under the policy, and provided a possible sanction to Manchester’s case, which could be summarised as a 15-to-30-point point deduction and a fine of around $600 million. Thus the UEFA could make it the fairest for every group of clubs and fans and form an equal environment for European Football.
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finance and management, financial fair play, European football
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Chen,R. (2023). Problems within the Management of European Football Clubs and Countermeasures: A Case Study on Manchester City and the Financial Fair Play. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,26,121-125.
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