UEFA fines Barça a minimum of fifteen million euros
The European governing body urges the club to correct its salary cap in two years.
BarcelonaBarça already knows about the UEFA sanction for failing to comply with the rules of the fair play financial limit established by the European body. According to a statement released by UEFA, the club will have to pay at least fifteen million euros. The figure is lower than the sixty million initially proposed by UEFA, since the remaining forty-five million euros are subject to Barça complying with the European body's financial regulations over the next two years. The news comes hours after Nico Williams has decided not to join Barça precisely because of the Catalan club's problems. to comply with the League's salary limits and ensure the registration of new players
Barça had known for days that it would be sanctioned, so it tried to negotiate with UEFA to minimize the impact of the sanction "It is a question of criteria: the consultation of the nine of the nine sources sale of audiovisual rights. According to the Spanish employers' association, this money can be fully computed as income, but UEFA's criteria do not consider it so.
"As it is an objective question, we could not do anything. But we consider that in the future this must be corrected, it is not possible for the League and UEFA to have different economic regulations," they maintain from the Barça noble offices. Barça has not been the only club sanctioned by the European Chamber that must pay for not complying with the fair play They are Chelsea, fined at least 20 million, Olympique Lyon (12.5), Aston Villa (5), Hajduk Split (0.3) and Porto.
45 million fine, conditional
Barça and UEFA agreed on the sanction on the 3rd. In addition to the fine, the remaining 45 million euros will have to be reflected in the accounts balance. According to the European body, its payment is conditional – apart from complying with the regulations – on having a maximum deficit of five million euros this season and meeting the stability requirements in 2027. This is the second fine from UEFA for breaching the fair play, after the 500,000 euros it had to pay for incorrectly declaring profits during 2022.
