http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelseas-conquerors-hit-by-uefa-sanctions-8125499.html

UEFA have withheld Atletico Madrid’s prize money from this season’s Europa League while investigating the club for breaching Financial Fair Play rules.

The sanctions against Atletico, who won the Europa League last season and beat Chelsea 4-1 in the European Super Cup, are a result of overdue payments of transfer fees, wages and taxes.

Malaga, Fenerbahce and Sporting Lisbon are also being investigated but there are no British clubs on the list of 23 clubs whose prize money from this season’s Champions League or Europa League could be stopped.

The list of offending clubs was drawn up by Jean-Luc Dehaene, the former prime minister of Belgium, who heads the panel appointed by UEFA to prosecute financial fair play cases.

The clubs have until September 30 to provide an updated situation.

Well done UEFA, this will certainly help them get out of financial trouble.

Annoyingly, unlike the majority of money in football right now, this was actually well earnt too.

/sigh

I thought the rules was put in place to hunt the "evil" rich owners, not giving "smaller" teams who basically fight hard to make their finances work a rough time.

I think they should hand over the Super Cup to us, and then just call it quits

I'm okay with this. If it's true that they haven't yet fully paid for Falcao, then they shouldn't be able to use him in a match. Nobody forced them to go out and buy a 40 million euro player when they were on shaky ground financially.

Although they worked hard to win the Europa league i struggle to feel sorry for a team that goes and pays 40 million euro's on a player they couldn't afford.

I think they should hand over the Super Cup Falcao to us, and then just call it quits

Slight correction there Seven Times. They can keep the trophy, it's the player we want!

Edited September 20, 201213 yr by Snedger