How Financial Fair Play Works, and Why Clubs Get Docked Points
Financial fair play is an accounting limit, not a spending cap. Here is how the £105m rule works, how a breach turns into a points deduction, and what the new squad cost ratio changes.
Financial fair play is an accounting limit, not a spending cap. Here is how the £105m rule works, how a breach turns into a points deduction, and what the new squad cost ratio changes.
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