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Man City is back on UEFA’s financial watch list after its £220M ($289M) "spending spree" this summer, according to James Ducker of the London TELEGRAPH. Man City and Paris St. Germain were fined for breaching UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules three years ago and the clubs’ activity in this summer’s window is "now being scrutinised again." Man City Manager Pep Guardiola "could take his spending to around" the £300M ($394M) mark if he manages to sign £60M ($79M)-rated Chile forward Alexis Sánchez from Arsenal and bring in another center-half. Man City and PSG have to "tread carefully" because a second breach of FFP would "leave them open to more severe punishment" from UEFA, including a ban from European competition. Clubs can be granted "special dispensation to run up bigger losses" than those allowed under UEFA guidelines but that does not apply to teams punished in the past three years under FFP, and another "significant outlay" by Man City before the Aug. 31 transfer deadline is "likely to invite deeper investigation." UEFA FFP Head Andrea Traverso said, "They must respect financial fair play regulations, just like everyone else in Europe. They must show they can have losses that do not go beyond €30 million ($35.3M) over three years" (
TELEGRAPH, 7/29).
