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Can football's finances recover from coronavirus restrictions?

The recent European Football Championship showed the game at its best, but the exciting matches distracted us from the stark fact that revenues for the top leagues have dived, like a striker hoping to win a penalty.

Income for the combined European football market dropped 13 percent for the season from 2019 to 2020, as the business side of the sport suffered its worst decline in revenues for more than a decade.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Russell Padmore tackles football's finances.

(Picture: Juventus and Bologna players competing at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. MB Media/Getty Images)

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