Introducing salary cap 'the solution', says Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says he wants to introduce a salary cap in European football "as soon as possible".

The Slovenian said limiting the amount a club can spend on player wages was "the solution" to protecting competitive balance, and said the issue was already under discussion with clubs.

UEFA is introducing new squad cost rules starting this summer which by 2025 will mean clubs' spending on transfer fees and salaries must be no more than 70% of their revenue.

However, Ceferin said in the longer term a salary cap was "the solution" to ensuring wages were kept under control and that "everyone agrees", from the biggest clubs to the smallest.

"In the future we have to seriously think about a salary cap. If the budgets go sky-high then our competitive balance is a problem," he told US media outlet Men In Blazers.

"It's not about the owners, it's about the value of the competition, because if five clubs will always win then it doesn't make sense any more.

"I already spoke with some people from the European Commission, we are trying to push that. But it has to be a collective agreement - every league and UEFA. Because if we do it and the other leagues don't, then it doesn't make sense.

"Surprisingly, everyone agrees - big clubs, small clubs, state-owned clubs, billionaire-owned clubs, everybody agrees.

"I hope it can be made as soon as possible. We have just started to discuss about it, I think that's the solution.

"For now we have the new rule after 2024 that you can spend up to 70% of your revenues for salaries and transfers, but that's not enough because if your revenues are five billion, 70% is quite a lot.

"So this is the future here, and I'm not afraid of the club owners being too powerful or anything. UEFA is