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UEFA drops bombshell on City
UEFA did what no one thought it would ever do. Banning Manchester City from the Champions League took a lot of guts, not least because of the resistance expected to follow. The club said shortly after the ruling it would challenge UEFA in the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Just as they spent hundreds of millions on the very best players money could buy, City will now invest huge sums in the toughest legal team available.
City never really took Financial Fair Play (FFP) seriously. According to leaked documents, a lawyer for the club said during an earlier investigation that City chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak would “rather spend €30 million on the 50 best lawyers in the world to sue (UEFA) for the next 10 years” than accept a penalty for any financial wrongdoing. We’re about to see that play out.
A lot will be at stake when the highest sports court in the land hears the case. If City’s appeal is successful, FFP will lose all meaning …read more