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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Uefa plans to relax multiclub ownership declaration rules after Crystal Palace furore

Crystal Palace fans protest in July after the club were demoted from the Europa League for breaching Uefa’s multiclub ownership rules
Crystal Palace fans protest in July after the club were demoted from the Europa League for breaching Uefa’s multiclub ownership rules. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

Uefa is planning to give clubs more time to resolve potential multiclub ownership (MCO) issues next season following the controversy that led to Crystal Palace being expelled last summer from the Europa League.

In a proposed change to its regulations discussed with elite clubs at a meeting last week of the newly named European Football Clubs in Rome, Uefa is poised to relax the 1 March deadline, which Palace failed to meet last season in an oversight that led to the FA Cup winners losing their Europa League place to Nottingham Forest.

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