Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge believes "progress is being made on plans to introduce a salary cap in European football," according to Mark Lovell of ESPN.com. UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin said earlier this year that he is "considering the introduction of a salary cap in order to close the gap between football's biggest clubs and the rest." Rummenigge has served as European Club Association chair for just over a decade and "hit out at European politicians for refusing to back his plans to limit players' salaries in the past." He said, "I went to Brussels [where the European Union is based] a few times with then UEFA President Michel Platini. Platini wanted to give football its own culture and bring in a salary cap, like in U.S. sport, but it was rejected time after time. That was a mistake back then from European politicians. Today there are signals from Brussels for a reassessment of the situation. Therefore, I call for a collective initiative, then politicians will take a favorable view" (ESPN.com, 8/31).
