Just In: Manchester City Knows Fate Of UEFA Ban Next Month July By CAS
Manchester City as a club has performed creditably well under the current coach Pep Guardiola but it’s not yet Uhuru until their fate in the UEFA champion league is determined.
Premier League giants Manchester City begin the biggest contest of their season this week as they battle UEFA in court starting from Monday following their two-year ban from Champions League.
Manchester City launches their monumental legal appeal with UEFA in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday over their ban for breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations.
Should the English Premier League giants fail in their appeal, which is due to be heard over three days via a video conference, they face losing hundreds of millions of pounds of prize money as well as key players.
Man City and Belgium star Kevin De Bruyne have made it clear that he will not continue his contract with City if they will not go for the Champions League for two years.
De Bruyne admitting that a two-year ban could see him leave the club. “Once the decision is made, I will review everything,’ the Belgian said last month. ‘Two years would be long, but in the case of one year I might see.”
The hearing is being held at a secret location, with a video link bringing in lawyers in Switzerland and England, while Court Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday that both parties had requested confidentiality for the case.
The identities of the three judges of which one were chosen by Manchester City, and one by Uefa and the last by CAS have all been protected.
Man City received the punishment in February for ‘serious breaches’ of FFP rules, relating to accusations of inflating their sponsorship revenue from 2012-16 as well as for failing to co-operate with investigators.
They were hit with a £25million fine as well as being banned from the Champions League for two years.
The Abu Dhabi’s royal family owners of Manchester City, have maintained their innocence and claim the club has a ‘comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence in support of its position,’ according to chief executive Ferran Soriano.
