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Man City CAS appeal against Champions League ban begins this week

Oct 19, 2021
Sports Arbitration Court this week will listen to Manchester City's appeal against two-year ban
They were punished in February after the current Premier League champion was found to have “seriously violated” UEFA club licensing and financial fair play (FFP) regulations.

The UEFA Club’s Independent Trial Chamber (CFCB) also imposed a fine of 30 million euros (£27.2 million) on Manchester City because they found that they exaggerated their accounts submitted to the European Football Council between 2012 and 2016 Sponsorship income.

The Manchester City Government has always denied wrongdoing in connection with this incident, which is based on information allegedly obtained from the whistleblower football leak incident, which originated from a series of articles published by Der Spiegel in November 2018.

Manchester City said in a statement at the time: "The club has always expected to find an independent institution and procedure that will ultimately fairly consider a comprehensive institution with irrefutable evidence to support its position." The investigation was conducted.

The hearing begins on Monday, and whether Manchester City can lift or lift the ban may have a huge impact on their future plans.

Manager Pep Guardiola will cancel the contract in June 2021, although the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich bosses reaffirmed his commitment after UEFA announced the penalty against them.

He said: "Unless they fire me, this will not happen, I will not leave." "Why should I? I love this club, I like to be here, after we see the [appeal] sentence, we Will focus on what we have to do.

"I want to stay and continue to help the club for as long as possible. This is not only because I have a contract, we also want to fight for the ultimate victory for the people who support this club."

In an interview with HLN last month, star midfielder Kevin De Bruyne said that if the suspension period is reduced to one year, he may be happy to stay in Manchester City, despite two years of The absence of the Champions League will force him to consider his options. .

"I'm just waiting," he said. "The club told us they were about to appeal. They were almost 100% sure they were right. That's why I'm waiting for what happens. I believe in my team.

"Once a decision is made, I will review everything. Two years will be long, but if it is one year, I might see it."

Despite winning 6 of England’s past seven domestic championship trophies, the Champions League’s success is elusive to Manchester City, and the pause in trying to solve the last frontier issue will be a heavy blow to both finance and sports.

In this season's game, due to the pandemic virus pandemic, the game was suspended with the rest of the European elite football games. In the first round of the last 16 games, Gabriel Jesus and De Bru De Bruyne's goal for them won 2-1 at Real Madrid#aclotzone

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