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Premier League clubs bring in €5.4bn as inequality widens• Uefa praises impact of financial fair play rules on stabilityThe clubs in the top divisions of European football were financially profitable overall for the second year running in 2017‑18 and far less saddled with debt than before financial fair play rules were introduced in 2011, according to continent-wide analysis conducted by Uefa.

The annual “benchmarking” report produced by European football’s governing body recorded generally booming attendances, TV income and commercial revenues across all leagues, but Uefa also sounded a warning about the widening financial and competitive gap between the richest elite clubs and the rest.