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Real Madrid and state aid: Football clubs under investigation

Sports law experts believe the spate of investigations into alleged breaches of state aid rules by football clubs and public authorities herald a new era of tension between sport and European regulators.

State aid is any form of financial assistance given by central or local government, or other publicly funded bodies, to private companies that might distort a free market.

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