Yes. 2020/21 would be the first season of their punishment. Fifth place in the Premier League would therefore become a CL qualifying place (assuming City finish in the top 4).
Manchester City banned from CL for 2 seasons and fined 30 million euros | CAS - Ban lifted, fined 10 million
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Yes. 2020/21 would be the first season of their punishment. Fifth place in the Premier League would therefore become a CL qualifying place (assuming City finish in the top 4).
Good. About time I’d say. Plastic club.
Not read the whole thread but does this now mean that whoever finishes 5th will get CL?
Not read the whole thread but does this now mean that whoever finishes 5th will get CL?
Nuno to City should Pep leave?
Back to their rightful home.
So fifth place gets the spot league just got a whole lot more interesting
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Its literally like when a pleb with nothing wins the lottery. Spend all the money and then back to plebness very quickly because they dont know what to do with it.
His football is so far away from Pep’s game.
People of Manchester (blues anyway), Brexit means Brexit.
Said it for awhile now, best league in the world. Even our scandals are box office.
When it rains, it pours?
I predicted that at the start of the season and seen nothing to change that
I'm sure this is one that both United and Liverpool fans can fully get behind!
Is it too early to start calling them Banchester City?
Is it too early to start calling them Banchester City?
Let's hope UEFA make a statement here and stand by a decision once and for all.
2 years isn't enough in my eyes, the money invested in City and PSG have inflated transfer fee's.
2 years isn't enough in my eyes, the money invested in City and PSG have inflated transfer fee's.
It’s going to be a mental run in
This is great news but I am afraid they will get with an appeal and pay an even bigger fine as replacement
It's not in UEFA's hands now.
Wow
if even one year sticks this will be big.
if even one year sticks this will be big.
Do it this season. Then they will match their record of 1937-38 as the only defending League champions to be relegated the next season.
Or they could try a Rangers. Disestablish the club, claim the new club has nothing to do with financial fixing, but still claim the history of trophies won.
Well, it's not as if it's Cosmos coming out with the article, it's based on pretty standard metrics.
Their disproportionate funds have nothing to do with history, but with the league they're in. Ligue 1 is nowhere close to the financial powerhouse that is the Premier League or, to a lesser degree, La Liga. It's also not limited to states to be able to change a club's situation almost overnight, such as what happened with Chelsea and Abramovich. The fact is PSG's made smart moves following their takeover by the new ownership and are now self-sustainable in a way City isn't, despite not benefiting from being in a league that rakes in small fortunes for even mid-table clubs from their TV rights alone.
*sigh* Miguel Delaney.
No Europa League either for them eh?
Fight for the 5th !
You love to see it.
If they lose their appeal would this mean that their dodgy sponsorship deals will come under increased scrutiny and thus will have to drop the Abu Dhabi sponsors?
This would mean a huge drop in revenue and thus selling players to break even.
This would mean a huge drop in revenue and thus selling players to break even.
Thats not happening, we are either getting nothing or exactly what was handed out. That's been clear since December 18. Our cosy little, sneaky relationship with Uefa was finished as soon as Der Spiegel broke those articles. It's now City vs Uefa and there can't be a middle ground. Basically Uefa either broke rules in this punishment which sees us get off free or Uefa are correct and we will get the full punishment.
I genuinely think Uefa went with two years in the hope we'd cut a deal and accept 1 but that's impossible because its an admission of guilt and tarnishes everything the club have achieved. It's either get off on a technicality and say "we were innocent all along" or admit we're cheats.
If they dont get relegated from the PL because of this, and its in the rules, what sort of financial malpractice eould be needed to do so?
50 points sounds fair. Nice round number.
I take it the ruling is they sponsored themselves illegally so they could buy players they would not have been able to sign under the FFP rules at the time ?
If thats the case then surely they haven't a leg to stand on
If thats the case then surely they haven't a leg to stand on
The PL rules are different to the Uefa rules, for that to happen the PL would have to open their own investigation and prove we lied to them too. Not impossible but I feel the PL will wait until the CAS decision before making a move.
Europe means Europe
If this sticks - and they also get punished in the Prem, which players will be leaving in the summer? Would de Bruyne be happy spending the peak years of his career at a team not in a European competition? Sterling? etc.
This could be a house of cards..
This could be a house of cards..
Hope Ed is on the phone to Pep giving him the Disneyland pitch.
Wont that have to wait until the CAS ruling