Even thou the transfer window is still open and Arsenal, along with a bunch of other clubs is trying to get more players, UEFA is not sleeping. The Europe’s major governing body has a list of 20 clubs which are being monitored due to a possible Financial Fair Play rules breach and apart from the regular ‘customers’ like Barcelona and PSG, the Gunners are now on that list, according to the reports from The Times. UEFA will investigate the 2021/22 season, but it’s yet to receive the financial reports from all clubs, which means nobody knows the volume of Arsenal’s problems with finances. BREAKING: Arsenal are among 20 European clubs on a Uefa watchlist of teams who may be in danger of breaching Financial Fair Play rules. It is understood that initial analysis has flagged up concerns for the 2021-22 year. [@TimesSport]— That’s Football! (@ThatsFootballTV) August 23, 2022 Arsenal have reported losses of 213 million pounds over the last three years, while UEFA rules only allowing 25 million over this period. This particular fact is more than worrying, but they are rules which makes life easier for the Gunners. UEFA always write off ‘healthy’ spending on women’s football and the academy, while Covid related losses are always counted in. Remember, Everton was a subject of a complaint to the Premier League from Leeds and Burnley, as the Toffies calculated that they apparently lost 170 million pounds due to pandemic, while the likes of Aston Villa and Arsenal lost only 56 and 86 million. Arsenal shopping new winger at MolineauxArsenal spent a huge amount of money in both 2021 and 2022. Last year, the spent around 150 million euros for Ben White, Martin Odegaard and Aaron Ramsdale among others, while this season they already forked out around 110 million pounds for Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Fabio Vieira, while they still want to sign Pablo Neto from Wolverhampton for more than 40 million. Saka must stayMeanwhile, sanctions are set to be handed down shortly to 10 European sides for breaching the rules up to 2020-21, and those clubs are (as expected) Barcelona and PSG, with the trio of Juventus, Inter Milan and Roma also there for the punishment. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6588053##
