LONDON (AP) A senior UEFA official warned clubs with heavy debts on Wednesday that they could be excluded in future from European competitions.

UEFA general secretary David Taylor said clubs face the "ultimate sanction" if they failed to deal with serious debts.

"There would be forms of communication, even warnings, even reprimands before one would ever get to a situation of exclusion — but it's absolutely possible," Taylor told the Leaders in Football Conference at Stamford Bridge.