Platini warns big guns to play by the rules or face Euro sanctions

EUROPE’S biggest clubs must comply with UEFA’s “indirect salary cap” or face the music, Michel Platini warned yesterday.

UEFA’s latest figures show that financial problems affecting European clubs are getting worse, with spending on player wages up almost 10% – and increasing at a faster rate than income.

Under UEFA’s new rules, clubs will face possible bans from European competition from the 2014/15 season if they spend more than they earn in the three years before.