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UEFA set to fine Manchester City £50m and restrict Champions League squad size

By davieG, in General Football and Sport

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davieG

davieG

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Manchester City are set to be fined £50m and will have to contest next season's Champions League with a squad size limited to 21 players, after being found guilty of breaching UEFA's financial fair play rules.


Sky sources understand the fine will be payable over three years although City are reportedly contesting the sanctions.


And with City deciding to appeal, the case will now be handed to a panel whose non-negotiable decision will be final.


Full confirmation of the fine and conditions imposed is expected by the end of the week or early next week.


The risk of not agreeing with this decision is that the club could face even stiffer penalties from the CFCB's (UEFA's club financial control board) adjudicatory panel.


The reduction in the size of their Champions League squad however, from 25 to 21, will hit the club hardest, with City having to ensure that there are still eight locally-trained players in their squad.


City boss Manuel Pellegrini refused to give his opinion regarding the sanction, saying: "When it is official news of UEFA we can analyse what happens with


the team. In this moment we don't know what happens."


UEFA president Michel Platini said recently that he did not expect any club to be excluded from next season's Champions League for breaching spending limits.


French giants Paris Saint-Germain are one of eight other clubs currently under investigation for breaking UEFA's financial rules.


French newspaper L'Equipe has reported that PSG are facing even stiffer penalties from UEFA than City.


Like City, they will be fined and see their Champions League squad reduced. But they will also have restrictions imposed on their wage bill and their transfers.


Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is among those to have previously called for harsh sanctions on clubs that break Financial Fair Play rules.


He said last week: "There are rules to apply for Financial Fair Play. If you don't respect them, you have to apply the rules.


"One of the rules is that normally you should be banned for the excess of the financial amount that is not justified, that is if you are £100m overboard, you should be punished for £100m of your wages bill in the Champions League.


"I want to see that respected, if that is not respected, then the financial fair play will have problems to be respected in the future because everyone will just not consider it at all.


"If it is not respected, of course we will feel let down."


Dan

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A statement would be banning them both from Europe, but seeing as they prioritise viewing figures over a fair system then don't expect anything worthwhile punishment to be introduced.

foxile5

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Whilst the fine is apparently hefty it's still a piss in the ocean isn't it?

 

Say Manchester City meet the fine, isn't a great portion of this offset by the money earnt playing in European football, TV rights, final position, sponsorship, global advertising. Sure, in effect they are being fined, but the body fining them is then repaying part of that money as a benefit of accepting them into their competitions.

 

As mentioned withdrawing them from European football until compliance would ensure a far greater loss in revenue than the fine itself, so why not do that? Two birds with one stone. Effectively fined and the point of compliance underlined.

 

As with everything UEFA, there will be a lot of bluff, bluster and posturing but the bottom line will be special dispensations and circumnavigation of the rules for the top teams. Free to those who can afford it, very expensive to those who can't. My faith in the governing bodies of football has long since been eroded and the implementation of FFP just seems another shit sandwiched aimed squarely at the smaller clubs.

foxile5

foxile5

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Corrupt.

 

Corrupt doesn't cover it.

 

Neither does greedy, self serving, ignorant, corporate driven pigs with their snouts wedged so tightly into the trough that they inhale instead of chew.

 

But I feel mine is a little closer to the truth.

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Guest Col city fan

Guest Col city fan

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I do wonder sometimes. Chelsea appear to be pretty much loathed on here (though I think that's a lot to do with Mourinho). Similarly, QPR (though again, I think that's more about Redknapp).

Yet Man City, having spent far more money than any club in history I would suspect, win the league and no-one seems to bat an eyelid. Well done UEFA and Wenger is spot on.

Christ... I remember when Man City had Santa Cruz on their books, on 95k per week and Wayne Bridge lol on allegedly 80k.

It's so wrong.

But, and here's the rub.. its wrong whichever team is doing it. To single out certain clubs for ridicule, whilst leaving others alone, is hypocritical.

Mark_w

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I do wonder sometimes. Chelsea appear to be pretty much loathed on here (though I think that's a lot to do with Mourinho). Similarly, QPR (though again, I think that's more about Redknapp).

Yet Man City, having spent far more money than any club in history I would suspect, win the league and no-one seems to bat an eyelid. Well done UEFA and Wenger is spot on.

Christ... I remember when Man City had Santa Cruz on their books, on 95k per week and Wayne Bridge lol on allegedly 80k.

It's so wrong.

But, and here's the rub.. its wrong whichever team is doing it. To single out certain clubs for ridicule, whilst leaving others alone, is hypocritical.

 

I don't think these opinions have much to do with money at all to be honest. Man City are a nice club who've lived in the shadow of their rivals for years, so no one has any problem with them buying the Premier League. Chelsea and QPR are horrible clubs so people aren't happy to see the same happening to them.

 

I don't think there's anything wrong with what any of them are doing, I enjoy it when it's City because I like them. I really don't like QPR and Chelsea (I don't mind Jose at all) so I don't enjoy it when they're doing it.

Guest Col city fan

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Why are QPR considered a 'horrible club' (Pre Redknapp)?

And Chelsea won fook all prior to Abramovich?

The club who are buying success is Man City and they have done it without ANY regard to football.

I personally see Man City as the biggest nemesis to football these days. Having players like Scott Sinclair sat in the reserves on fook knows what a week about says it all.

Guest Col city fan

Guest Col city fan

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They're London clubs, isn't that reason enough to hate them?

A very rational way of looking at things Mark. So you hate Brentford, Fulham, West Ham, Charlton etc etc? Remind me not to waste my time again.

Rich Fox

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A very rational way of looking at things Mark. So you hate Brentford, Fulham, West Ham, Charlton etc etc? Remind me not to waste my time ag

 

I hate all London clubs even the likes of Enfield town and Barnet,

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