AC Milan says accepting ban necessary to go back to FFP rule compliance

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian soccer club AC Milan has voluntarily accepted a one-year ban from all European competitions after breaching financial fair-play (FFP) rules saying it was the only option to eventually go back to complying with such rules.

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Published 28 June 2019 11:58pm

Source: Reuters

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Earlier on Friday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport approved an agreement AC Milan reached with UEFA after breaching its FFP break-even obligations during the 2015-2017 and the 2016-2018 periods.

AC Milan said that the agreement with UEFA, which includes the ban, settled the breaches.

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(Reporting by Elvira Pollina, editing by Valentina Za)

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AC Milan says accepting ban necessary to go back to FFP rule compliance

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian soccer club AC Milan has voluntarily accepted a one-year ban from all European competitions after breaching financial fair-play (FFP) rules saying it was the only option to eventually go back to complying with such rules.

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