Olympique de Marseille has come up with its best excuse to avoid being excluded from European competitions. The club's financial management has not been so bad, it's the TV rights crisis that has caused the Marseille club's loss. Next Wednesday, UEFA will pronounce its verdict on the situation of Olympique de Marseille. For its breaches of financial fair play regulations, the club is exposed to sanctions that can go as far as exclusion. A decision extremely rare for the European instance, which is rather used to giving fines, limiting the number of registered players or encouraging clubs to reach a balance. The problem is that OM has already been threatened in 2022, and had signed a settlement agreement to get closer to balance. This agreement has not been respected, Pablo Longoria making Frank McCourt's blue card burn for spectacular purchases, a galloping salary mass and a net increase in expenses. And at the same time, despite a correct ticketing and merchandising, the revenues have decreased significantly. And it's on this point that OM intends to come up with its mass argument to convince UEFA of the exceptional nature of this deficit. Indeed, according to L'Equipe, the Marseille directors have insisted with UEFA to make it understood that the drastic drop in TV rights was not imaginable in 2021 when the European instance had started to put OM under investigation. It's especially this that has caused the club's economic deficit, assured the representatives of the Provençal club in front of the UEFA chamber specialized in financial fair play. A certainly real argument, but which will have a hard time explaining to itself all the financial problems of OM. If the UEFA financial experts remain inflexible or not convinced by their arguments, the Marseille club risks severe sanctions that can go as far as exclusion from the Europa League next season.