Platini outlines plan to cap salary spending

Clubs could face limits on the amount they spend on players' salaries under proposals outlined to European ministers by UEFA president Michel Platini. In the keynote speech to the council of ministers for European affairs in Brest, Platini also called for curbs on transfer of players under 18 and greater power for team sports to govern themselves. Platini spoke of the need to have 'the means to develop better control of clubs' spending' through limiting a club's total wage bill to fixed percentage of their income - between 55% and 65% - but this move would only be taken with the clubs' agreement. William Gaillard, UEFA's communications director and Platini's special adviser, told PA Sport: 'We know an individual salary cap would be very difficult to enforce in European law but we need to talk to the EC about clubs spending... [read full story]