Uefa's 2009 benchmarking report, published today, showed that more than half of the clubs in Europe's top divisions made a loss and contributed a record total of €1.2bn (£998m). The Financial Fair Play criteria, outlined in detail for the first time, will require clubs to live on the income they generate or face a series of sanctions up to expulsion from Uefa competitions.
Uefa's figures showed that top-flight clubs across 53 countries increased their revenue by 4.8% to €11.7bn during the year despite the impact of the recession. But costs rose by twice that, 9.3%, to result in total losses of €1.2bn – more than twice the previous record. More than half of the 733 clubs audited [56%] reporting a net loss. Just four leagues broke even – Germany, Austria, Belgium and Sweden. At 249 clubs, more than 70% of turnover was spent on players' wages and at 73 of those more than 100% of all the club's income went on player wages.
Här ges bakgrund och sammanhang. Och här UEFAs rapport, video och hemsida. Ska man tro UEFA står fotbollens framtid på spel.
Naturligtvis är det Manchester City som är mest illa ute i England. Klubbens olje-shejk har snart lagt ut 10 miljarder på diverse. Ändå spelar klubben knappt sevärd fotboll. Italienskt så det förslår: stenhårt, effektivt försvar och kontraattacker. Trist, trist, övermåttan trist.
Manchester City's recent £121million losses mean they are the club in England facing the greatest difficulty to abide by the rules - even though owners are also allowed to inject £12million a year (15m euro) into their club.
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