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Financial Fair Play in Football

Football Law and Linklaters’ SportingLinks have linked up to produce a podcast. In this podcast Mark Warren, Kalin Ivanov and Jason Shardlow-Wrest of Linklaters and Thomas Horton discuss how football clubs playing in UEFA club competitions or the English Football League have grappled with those competitions’ financial fair play regulations this year.

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EFL Salary Caps and the PFA’s Challenge

On 7 August 2020 the EFL announced that League One and League Two clubs had voted for the introduction of Squad Salary Caps. The PFA had already invited the EFL to an expedited arbitration in respect of the legality of the salary caps. This article explains the salary caps and considers the PFA’s arguments, and one additional argument, as to the legality of the same.

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Overviews

Wondering who FIFA, UEFA and The FA are and what they do as football’s governing bodies? Maybe you are wondering where the Premier League and other football leagues sit with the governing bodies? Or maybe you want to know how and what penalties are given to a footballer when charged with misconduct? Whatever football institution or procedure, here you will find an overview to get the understanding you want.

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