Football is big business, with the top clubs raking in millions in prize money, gate receipts and merchandising, while the star players earn astronomical salaries that the man on the street can only begin to dream of.
Despite this, punishments for clubs have been notoriously paltry when it comes to serious offences, with fines for racist chanting, for example, often relatively small considering the finances that are at play at the very summit of the game.
For example, in October 2018, Romania were handed a stadium ban and were fined around £40,000 ($49,000) by UEFA for the racist actions of their fans during a scoreless Nations League draw with Serbia.