UEFA on Friday allowed AC Milan, Aston Villa and Brighton to take part in European competitions subsequent season after making modifications to keep away from a potential battle with the multi-club possession rule.

Seven-time European champions Milan share the identical American house owners, Redbird Capital Companions, who gained the French Cup Toulouse, whereas Villa’s house owners have a stake in Portuguese membership Vitoria Guimaraes.

Brighton proprietor Tony Bloom turned the bulk shareholder in Union Saint-Gilloise when he purchased the Belgian facet in 2018.

UEFA appointed investigators to review the hyperlinks between the groups concerned, however stated it felt good now that “nobody has management or decisive affect over a couple of membership” that participates in its competitions.

“After implementing essential modifications by the golf equipment and their buyers, Chamber I of the CFCB has accepted the admission of the aforementioned golf equipment to UEFA membership competitions for the 2023/24 season,” UEFA stated in a press release.

The CFCB discovered that the numerous modifications applied introduced golf equipment into compliance with the multi-club possession rule.

It added, “These modifications considerably limit buyers’ affect and decision-making energy over a couple of membership, making certain compliance with the multi-club possession rule.”

UEFA has multi-club possession rules in place to guard the integrity of its competitions when these groups may be withdrawn to play one another.

The principles don’t enable a membership to carry or cope with the securities or shares of one other membership taking part in in European competitors, and no membership is usually a member of some other membership taking part in UEFA competitions.

As well as, no individual has the facility to “concurrently take part” within the administration, administration or sporting efficiency of a couple of membership.

As a part of compliance with the principles, not one of the affected golf equipment will be capable to switch gamers to one another, both completely or on mortgage, till September 2024.

Milan is scheduled to play within the Champions League with Brighton, Union and Toulouse within the European League. Villa and Vitoria are each within the Convention League qualifiers.