UEFA may allow clubs to relax their spending restrictions after Michel Platini hinted that European football’s Financial Fair Play rules will be altered next month.
The controversial rules which were introduced in 2011 were implemented in order to improve the dangerous financial health of clubs across the continent.
It also allowed the governing body to sanction clubs who were deemed to be heavily overspending with both Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain receiving fines for breaching the regulations last season.
“The French press say it is not right that [Chelsea owner Roman] Abramovich can buy many players and in France they cannot buy them,” the UEFA president told French radio station RTL.
“But if the Qataris had bought AC Milan, the French would also say we should make Financial Fair Play even tougher. As it is, the Italians wanted it eased.
“The world is two-faced but we will say this openly: I think we’ll ease things.”
Any relaxation in the Financial Fair Play rules may prove beneficial for clubs such as Milan and Inter should the Italian giants manage to return to European competitions in the coming years.
The UEFA executive committee is expected to make a decision on whether to amend the regulations at its meeting in Prague at the end of June.
