AC Milan risk Euro ban over FFP breaches — UEFA

PARIS: AC Milan risk being excluded from European competition in the coming seasons if the club fails to ‘ break even’ after falling foul of Financial Fair Play ( FFP) regulations, UEFA announced Friday.

The Serie A giants are one of several clubs to have been investigated for breaching UEFA’s rules — which state clubs can not spend more than they generate by their own means.

After winning an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport ( CAS) earlier this year, following a UEFA ban from the Europa League due to breaching FFP regulations, Milan crashed out of the competition on Thursday after a 3- 1 defeat at Olympiakos.

UEFA said Friday the former seven- time European champions again face suspension from continental competition in future seasons “should the club not be breakeven compliant at 30 June 2021”.

A UEFA statement added: “Accordingly, should the club not be break- even compliant at 30 June 2021, it will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which it would otherwise qualify, in the two seasons 2022/ 23 and 2023/ 24.

“The club will also have 12m euros of its UEFA revenues from the 2018/ 19 UEFA Europa League withheld and will not be permitted to register more than 21 players for participation in UEFA competitions in the 2019/ 20 and 2020/ 21 seasons.”

UEFA said Milan had the right to appeal both decisions “to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, in accordance with .... rules governing the UEFA Club Financial Control Body”.