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Swansea City Pay For Premier League Ambition

newspaper_clip_artSwansea City’s latest accounts have revealed the true cost to them becoming the first Welsh club in the Premier League.

Securing Premier League football contributed to a loss of £8.2m in Swansea City's financial results for the year ending May 30, 2011.

The accounts released by the club earlier this week reflect the cost of the club's liabilities which arose immediately after the final whistle was blown at Wembley in May when they beat Reading in the play-off final.

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Should Fans Have A Greater Say In How Football Clubs Are Run?

newspaper_clip_artMPs will discuss whether football fans should be given more of a say in how their clubs are run.

The 30-minute debate on football governance will see Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden Siobhain McDonagh use her own club, fan-owned AFC Wimbledon, as an example of one way forward for the game.

She will urge MPs to back proposals put forward by a campaign group, Supporters Direct, for fans to be given formal representation in their clubs' governance as part of licensing conditions.

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Uefa's fair play rules will help clubs rein in spending

newspaper_clip_artGoverning body says game has struggled to manage its commercial bonanza

In this first qualifying year of "financial fair play" Uefa, the European governing body, spent a day at its Lake Geneva headquarters setting out its seriousness about the rules, which will be enforced for the first time in the 2014-15 season. Gianni Infantino, Uefa's general-secretary, spelled out the belief that the rules will protect the financial health of a game struggling to manage its commercial bonanza. Uefa's most senior lawyer, Alasdair Bell, emphasised that sanctions for clubs in breach, including, ultimately, exclusion from European competition, must be tough enough to force clubs to comply.

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Uefa reveal Europe's top clubs made 2010 losses of €1.6bn

newspaper_clip_artTop-flight clubs across Europe recorded net losses of €1.6 billion in 2010, a €400m increase on the previous season, and registered total debts of €8.4bn Uefa have announced.

The 30 per cent increase in losses across the continent underline the importance of imposing new ‘Financial Fair Play’ (FFP) rules to prevent a financial crisis in the game, according to Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino.

Revealing the figures at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, Infantino said the figures were a “wake-up call” for European club football.

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Uefa intends to sanction clubs who continue to report huge losses

newspaper_clip_art• Governing body will defend in court any penalties challenged

• Clubs could be excluded from Champions League

Uefa has said it will defend in court any penalties imposed on clubs which breach its financial fair play rules, including most seriously the possibility of clubs being excluded from the Champions League.

After European football's governing body released a report showing clubs across Europe's top divisions lost a total of €1.6bn (£1.34bn) in 2009-10, Alasdair Bell, its director of legal affairs, was emphatic that the rules, which require loss-making clubs to move towards breaking even, comply with European law and will be upheld if challenged by clubs.

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UEFA reveals Europe's top clubs report rising losses of €1.6B in 2010, with €8.4B total debt

newspaper_clip_artNyon, Switzerland - Europe's top football clubs collectively lost more than €1.6 billion ($2 billion) in 2010 and their debts are still rising despite the imminent arrival of sanctions for overspending.

With wealthy owners keen to buy success by pumping massive amounts into buying top players, accounts from 665 clubs reveal 56 per cent lost money in the 2010 financial year, and their total debt was €8.4 billion ($10.9 billion).

UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said it was "a last wake-up call" for clubs, who have been subject to UEFA's financial fair play monitoring since July 2011.

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UEFA rules are fair to all clubs, says Pardew

newspaper_clip_artAlan Pardew believes UEFA’s controversial financial fair play rules will “level the playing field” and allow Newcastle United to challenge the Premier League’s moneyed elite.

The United board took the decision after relegation to rein in their spending and, while it has not always been a popular ploy, their elevated league position and astute recruitment in the interim has won supporters over to their way of thinking.

From 2014/5 top clubs will be banned from European competition if they do not limit their losses – and UEFA used a media day in Switzerland this week to hammer home the point there will be no exceptions.

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