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"&lt;p&gt;               &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; PARIS (AP) - Clubs won't be excluded from next season's Champions League for breaking ''Financial Fair Play'' rules, according to UEFA President Michel Platini    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; ''There will be some tough things ... but if you're expecting blood and tears, you'll be disappointed,'' Platini told French daily Le Parisien in an interview published Thursday.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; UEFA will announce the first sanctions in early-May, and more serious cases will be judged in June.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; A UEFA panel is currently negotiating settlements with clubs which have breached rules designed to curb huge investments by owners and excessive spending on transfers and wages since 2011.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; UEFA said in February it targeted 76 clubs which played in the Champions League or Europa League.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Speculation centered on big spenders Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City, which are owned by the ruling families of Qatar and Abu Dhabi, respectively.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Platini said he was ''not sure'' if Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain's ''innovative'' sponsorship deal with Qatar Tourism Authority played by the rules.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; UEFA is concerned that clubs could try to balance their finances using inflated value deals with sponsors linked to club owners. Man City's main sponsor is Abu Dhabi airline Etihad.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; ''Let's say simply that the economic model of PSG is special and atypical,'' Platini said. ''These are questions that the experts must decide.''    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; UEFA appointed former Belgium prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene to lead the panel investigating club accounts. Serious sanctions will be decided by a panel led by Jose Cunha Rodrigues of Portugal, a judge at the European Court of Justice.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Expulsion from the Champions League and second-tier Europa League are the toughest penalty UEFA reserves.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; First and lesser offenders will likely face fines and sanctions such as limits on registering players for UEFA competitions.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; ''I think that significant sanctions will affect the big clubs. We will go through with this,'' Platini said.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copyright 2014 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.      &lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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