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Platini launches inquiry into level of club debts

                   
guardian.co.uk
28-Aug-2008
        
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• President says buying on credit is form of cheating • Plans put forward for two extra linesmen at games Uefa is to launch an investigation into the major financial challenges facing European football, including club debts and the inequality between rich and poor teams. A panel of legal and financial experts will carry out the inquiry, announced in Monaco yesterday, and make recommendations on how to create what... [read full story]                    

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Michel Platini proves to be more problem than solution

guardian.co.uk
30-Aug-2008
        

Michel Platini has promised much but has failed to live up to expectations. Uefa are hopelessly compromised as an organisation by the influence and interests of the big clubs and richer nations, and while Platini made...

                   

Platini proves to be more problem than solution

guardian.co.uk
30-Aug-2008
        

Despite his constant bluster, Uefa president Michel Platini appears helpless to counter the power of European giants You can tell something has been going on in Monaco - other than the absurdity of a so-called Super Cup...

I dived in my career, says Platini

rediff.com
29-Aug-2008
        

UEFA president Michel Platini, a fierce advocate of eradicating any cheating in soccer, said on Thursday he had dived, simulating a foul, early in his career. Platini, one of the greatest players of all time and who led...

Uefa chief hints at possible transfer rule changes

independent.co.uk
28-Aug-2008
        

Uefa president Michel Platini said today that he was unhappy with the transfer system and was considering asking for a review into possible changes. Under current rules, players can be transferred from the close of the...

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UEFA chief hints at possible changes to transfer rules

mirror.co.uk
28-Aug-2008
        

By Mike Collett, MONACO (Reuters) 28/08/2008 UEFA chief hints at possible changes to transfer rules UEFA president Michel Platini said on Thursday he was unhappy with the transfer system and was considering asking for a...