UEFA Financial Fair Play

great read that chino

i stumbled upon these points, which would probably mean they are in no danger

-Like many other Spanish clubs, Atlético have agreed a repayment schedule with the tax authorities. It had been mistakenly believed that the agreement was to pay the taxman half of any revenue received from player sales, but the club has to actually pay €15 million every September, regardless of any transfer activity, which helps explain the annual summer outgoings.

-Gil Marin provided a spirited defence of Atlético’s position, “This arrangement has been going on for years. Other teams have bank debt, we have tax debt.” He continued, “It can’t be seen as an advantage to pay 5% interest and meet all payment deadlines. It would only be an advantage if they gave us a discount or we didn’t pay any interest.”

-Obviously the lack of sporting success has not helped, e.g. Gil Marin revealed that €46 million of the tax debt arose from their time in the second division, when they stopped paying tax, while a further €50 million was charged following tax reviews, largely due to profits booked for property sales.( €215 million owed to tax authorities)

-As we have seen, FFP could be problematic, as Atlético’s 2010/11 loss excluding player sales and other exceptional items was €45 million. What this effectively means is that Atlético can only hope to meet the break-even target by either selling players or qualifying for the Champions League – though that task should not be beyond them, given Villarreal’s relegation and Malaga’s internal strife.

It should be noted that the costs of building the new stadium would be excluded from the FFP calculation, so that will not be an issue. Similarly, any expenses attributed to youth development are also excluded, so this should be an area of focus, certainly more than in the past

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They might be run really poorly but most of their debt was from a previous management, they are doing everything to wipe their debt although they have the third highest debt in Spain after Barca/Real without making as much revenue, they can still pay all of this off without being worse off by Uefa if they qualify for CL, but sadly i think selling Falcao is the best solution for them if they want to stay afloat... they haven't paid for the transfer yet which is rather worrying

Blame the tv deals for all of this

Sevilla fans

"stop the game, Mourinho is still talking"

lol, it would probably mean the whole game isn't shown at all

The league would still make as much money in TV deals anyways, which is why they probably have decided against it... i am sure Del Nido has been thinking of options to punish Barca/Real in any form but been unsuccessful in all attempts