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New finance rules for European football

Vocabulary

unanimous approval

all the members of a group (here, UEFA) agree to a course of action

a phasing in period

a period of time when clubs can get ready to follow the rules (though in this time they can choose to follow the rules or not)

lavish spending

paying a lot of money

faced huge deficits

lost a huge amount of money

break even

for a business to have neither a profit or a loss at the end of a business period

benefactors

people who give money to help an organization, society or person

to subsidise

to pay part of the cost of something

transfers

buying and selling of football players

consistently operate outside the parameters

repeatedly do not obey the rules

will be barred from

won't be allowed to compete or play football in