Galatasaray are not the first club to be banned from Europe under the breach of Financial fairplay (FFP). You might remember a few years ago that Málaga were banned from Europe for a similar offence. They had a two year ban reduced to one but still a ban nonetheless. Now Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) a few months later fell foul of FFP but miraculously they were not banned from competing in Europe. Instead Manchester city and PSG had squad reductions for their champions league campaigns along with a €50 million fine.
Málaga were banned in 2012 source: AFP |
Galatasaray just don't have the same calibre of players. Sure they have Wesley Sneijder and Lukas Podolski but they don't generate millions upon millions in money for UEFA.
As for Málaga well it's easy to ban an unfashionable poor Spanish club in the eyes of UEFA. They don't generate anywhere near enough money and so it's easy to ban them.
Let's not forget that other clubs have been banned too but again they don't play in money leagues where UEFA generate massive hoards of cash. Do you think the likes of Dinamo Bucharest, Dynamo Moskva, Astra Giurgiu, CFR Cluj, Ekranas and Bursaspor matter to UEFA's cash cow.
If your lucky enough to be among the elite and bring massive money in from TV deals in England, Italy, Spain, Germany and to a degree France then you'll be spared from bans, you'll get a fine that over time will be reduced and probably get a squad reduction in European competition but still be able to play. If your geographically out of the big five leagues, sorry but "rules are rules".
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