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The Salva Calcio rule came into effect last year in a bid to help clubs struggling with the financial pressures of the game. It allowed Italian clubs with heavy debts to defer repayment of them for ten years to enable them to survive.

However, the EU says the rules must change to prevent the true cost of player wages being hidden – or face legal steps.
The Italian government has two months to ‘satisfy’ EU chiefs.