Platini says Financial Fair Play 'here so stay'


UEFA President Michel Platini delivers his speech during the opening session of the 39th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Vienna March 24, 2015. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

BERNE (Reuters) - Michel Platini has confirmed that changes have been proposed to UEFA's break-even rules, known as Financial Fair Play (FFP), though he did not repeat the suggestion he previously made that they would be relaxed.

The UEFA president told a French radio station on Monday that European football's governing body was contemplating "easing" the rules which prevent rich owners from pumping unlimited funds into their clubs.

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