July 13, according to official news, Manchester City successfully appealed the European war ban and can continue to participate in the European war next season.
CAS (International Court of Arbitration for Sport) rejected UEFA’s previous ban in a statement and ruled that Manchester City violated Article 56 of the Financial Fair Play Act and must pay a fine of 10 million euros within 30 days.
CAS explained the reasons in the statement: Most of the so-called violations of Manchester City are either uncertain or have long lost their timeliness. However, considering Manchester City’s financial resources and Manchester City’s obstruction of investigations, the fine penalty will be maintained against Manchester City, but the penalty will be fined.
The amount was reduced by 2/3 to 10 million euros.
In February of this year, UEFA banned Manchester City from participating in European competitions for two years for violating the financial fair play policy.
City appealed the decision in May.
Regarding the success of Manchester City’s appeal, the UEFA official also issued a statement in response to the result.
UEFA states the following: UEFA notes that the CAS decision has reduced the sanctions imposed on Manchester City by UEFA’s independent club financial control body, the CFCB, for alleged breaches of the UEFA club licence.
and Financial Fair Play regulations.
UEFA also noted that the CAS panel found that, in this particular case, there was insufficient conclusive evidence to support all of the CFCB’s conclusions, and that many of the alleged violations were time-bound, as UEFA’s statute of limitations is 5
year time.
Over the past few years, Financial Fair Play has played a major role in protecting clubs and helping them achieve financial sustainability, and UEFA and the ECA remain committed to this policy principle.
UEFA will not comment further on this matter.
Judging from the points of this season, Manchester City currently ranks second with 72 points this season, and Tottenham ranks eighth with 52 points. If Manchester City lifts the ban, it will have a huge impact on Tottenham. Therefore, Mourinho talks about the lifting of the ban on Manchester City’s European war
I also have my own opinions.
Mourinho said: “In this case, this is a shameful decision, because if Manchester City is not wrong, then they don’t need to accept a penalty of 10 million euros.”
They shouldn’t be fined, if they are wrong, then this decision is a disgrace, you should be banned from the Champions League.” “I don’t know if Manchester City is at fault, but either way, it is a shameful decision.
“FFP (Financial Fair Play) is dead in name only, it’s like a drama.”