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OM achieves a historic transfer window, a sanction will fall

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OM’s 2023 winter transfer window will go down in history. At the end of January, the Marseille club made the most expensive transfer in its history, that of Vitinha for 32M€. But the Marseille team is exposed to sanctions from UEFA, in connection with the rules related to financial fair play.

L’OM did not limit his spending during this winter transfer window. After welcoming Ruslan Malinovskyi in the form of a loan, the Marseille club spent nearly €10m to secure the services of Azzedine Ounahi, and more than €32m for Vitinha. This last transfer constitutes a record since the Portuguese striker has become the most expensive recruit in the history of the club. But after the euphoria of the transfer window, theOM will be overtaken by concerns related to financial fair play.

OM will be sanctioned

As advertised The Team this Thursday, theOM is pinned down by the club financial control body (ICFC) after having exceeded the authorized deficit of €30m over three financial years. The penalty is immediate since the Marseille club will have to pay a fine of €2 million, including €1.3 million suspended, despite the staggered payment to the Sporting Braga in the file Vitinha.

The Marseille club will have to go up the slope

A still minimal sanction for theOMwhich will have to quickly go up the slope and meet the requirements of theUEFA, under penalty of being inflicted with a heavier punishment. In the event of non-compliance with “ the settlement agreement “signed with the ICFC, the Marseille club risks seeing its number of players limited to 23 in the European Cup or not being able to register new elements. In the worst case, particularly in the event of financial drift, theOM could even be banned from a European competition in the next few years. “ This measure would apply, subject to conditions, to the 2024-25 and/or 2025-26 seasons “says the European body.

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