Milan's black week. The dull draw at home with Torino on Sunday evening, the endless series of injuries and the crisis of the team's cover man, Gonzalo Higuain, were only the appetizer of what has befallen the Rossoneri club in the last 24 hours: first the clamorous elimination in the Europa League, losing 3-1 at Olimpiacos, then the awaited and very heavy sentence by UEFA for violating the Financial Fair Play in the three-year period 2014-2017. AC Milan, in recent years, have made a market beyond their means, in defiance of rules that could not be clearer: Nyon's verdict is therefore inevitable, i.e. a fine of 12 million euros (withheld from the proceeds, which at this point they will be modest, from the Europa League which has already bitterly ended for Milan) and a shortlist of 21 players for the international competitions of 2019/20 and 2020/21.
This was established by the financial control arbitration chamber of the clubs, after the CAS had referred the matter "in order to impose an adequate disciplinary measure for the violation of the rules on club licenses and on financial fair play, with particular reference to the balancing of the budget". , reads a statement from UEFA. Consequently, if the club fails to meet the break-even balance as at 30 June 2021, will be barred from participating in the next UEFA competition for which they should qualify during the following two seasons, 2022/23 and 2023/24.
Against this ruling the Rossoneri club however, he can appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, “as provided for in Article 34(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body and in Articles 62 and 63 of the UEFA Statutes”. But it now seems difficult, after the disastrous results on the field and the certified financial difficulties, to review the great European Milan in the short term, that of Berlusconi's epics which at the moment are only a distant memory.
