Boost for Manchester City as Uefa set to ease Financial Fair Play rules

The financial fair play rules that saw Manchester City handed a huge fine by Uefa last season are set to be relaxed.

Uefa is expected to announce next month that the FFP rules will be eased to allow more owner investment — a move that will aim to nullify more than 10 legal challenges that the European governing body is now facing.

It will also hand a huge boost to City in terms of challenging for honours next season if restrictions on spending on transfers are watered down. It will mean owners of clubs who do make a loss will be able to cover those losses with injection of equity — but not loans.