THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROME — The 23 clubs that face losing Champions League and Europa League prize money for breaking UEFA’s financial fair play standards will learn their fate early next month.
The clubs, including defending Europa League champion Atletico Madrid and Champions League contender Malaga, have until Oct. 15 to convince UEFA they have plans to pay a combined C30 million ($39 million) in unpaid players’ wages, transfer fees and social taxes for the period ending Sept. 30.
UEFA’s director of club licensing Andrea Traverso tells The Associated Press that his department will then refer cases of the clubs that are still behind to an independent judicial body chaired by former Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, which will meet in early November.
Traverso was in Rome for a workshop with national federations.