Steroid abuse, financial flab and Anglo-French diplomacy

Following on from yesterday's posting, one report today has suggested that debt in English football, particularly at the top level, is the financial equivalent of steroid abuse. Thus, while public concern about debt grows and the British government expresses its concerns, there is a remarkable convergence with broader European interests, particularly in France (where the government is also very keen to eliminate the advantages that football club debt confers upon those that have incurred it). Are the French and the British therefore on course for a moment of joint agreement? Or are they in agreement about (English) football's financial problems but for different reasons? And possibly with a different view of how such problems should be dealt with? Could we be heading for a consensus or is there a big battle ahead? And what influence might UEFA President, Frenchman Michel Platini, have on the outcome of this conundrum?