Olympique de Marseille risk tougher UEFA sanctions amid financial breach concerns | OneFootball

OM risk fresh UEFA punishment after struggling to meet a 2022 settlement. According to L'Équipe, the club remain under reinforced monitoring and may be in breach.

The deal brought a €2m fine, €1.7m suspended, and required financial fair play balance. The deficit must not exceed €60m over three seasons, with at least €55m from the shareholder.

Across the period, DNCG filings show net losses near €157m, with €12.7m in 2022-23, €39.1m in 2023-24 and €105m in 2024-25. UEFA can slightly reduce that total by allowing some investment deductions, but finances have worsened.

A breach is seen as the strong possibility, though UEFA’s club financial control body is expected to rule towards the end of the month. OM can cite the sharp fall in domestic TV rights as an exceptional factor.

UEFA might only marginally factor this in, as seen with Ukrainian clubs or those in Türkiye, so it may not be enough to restore compliance.

On 10 April, owner Frank McCourt set out OM’s case at Stéphane Richard’s unveiling, highlighting France’s media landscape and the rights drop, while acknowledging the club must manage better.

If the overshoot is modest, sanctions could be another fine, limits on European squad lists or a registration ban. A larger breach could mean exclusion from the next European campaign, applied at the first opportunity if OM do not qualify next season. The club declined to comment.

Source: L'Équipe