Uefa vows to take hard line on multi-club ownership in Women’s Champions League

Key points

• Uefa’s head of women’s football has said rules prohibiting clubs with the same owner from playing together in the Women’s Champions League will be strictly enforced, dealing a blow to investors such as Michele Kang.
• Kang owns one of Saturday’s Women’s Champions League finalists, OL Lyonnes, and London City Lionesses, who have big ambitions and whose head coach, Eder Maestre, last week stated their desire to compete for the Women’s Super League title next season.
• Workarounds have been found in men’s European competitions but Nadine Kessler said no exceptions would be made in the women’s game, despite the growing number of multi-club ownership groups.
• “There is an evolution of multi-club owners in women’s football and they invest a lot into the game, which is important,” Kessler, Uefa’s women’s football director, said.
• “But at the same time, when it comes to playing in one football competition, there will be no different...