The threat against Manchester City It’s real. The British team could be expelled from all competitions if it ends up being found guilty of breaches of financial rules. The team led by Pep Guardiola could be expelled from the Premier League, of the Champions Leagueof the FA Cup, the Carabao Cup and the Club World Cup. A sanction that would be historic in the world of football.
He Manchester City He anxiously awaits the verdict of a trial in which the entire football world is pending. And his sentence could mark a before and after in the history of this sport. The entity citizen He faces 115 charges against him for violating financial regulations over several years.
If this sentence ends up declaring guilty Manchester Cityand, from England, they report that the British club would be expelled from all competitions. The trial began last Monday and will last about seven or eight weeks. That will be the time that those of Guardiola to know if they are sanctioned or not.
He Manchester City It is exposed to 115 infractions, each one different, of disparate nature, not all of the same nature. The vast majority, 54 of the 115 defined, correspond to those related to the lack of transparency and information of the citizens in relation to the entity’s income and which reinforces the theory that the club disguised the financial injections of the Abu Dhabi owners as sponsorships, which allowed large disbursements without violating financial fair play.
They were the emails leaked by Football Leaks of the hacker Rui I paint those who substantiated these accusations and which previously led to the UEFA to harshly punish the Manchester City with a punishment of two seasons without playing European competitions despite the fact that the Court of Arbitration for Sports (TAS) will revoke it because the facts have expired. On this occasion, time will not play in favor of the citizenssince there is no limitation in this sense.
Manchester City awaits the verdict
In the middle of the season, the Manchester City You will know if you are sanctioned or not. If found guilty, the citizens They will not be able to continue playing in such prestigious competitions as the Champions League or the Premier League. The first of these competitions has a new format this season. Those of Guardiola They did not manage to go from a goalless draw against Inter Milan in their debut.
Inform The Telegraph that the rules of the two cup competitions in England raise the possibility that Manchester City’s expulsion goes beyond the Premier League. That would include competitions like the Champions League. “Clause 31 of the FA Cup rules, for example, states that ‘where a club has been admitted to participate in the competition, but is then eliminated from the league in which it competes (or its league matches are suspended) “, the Professional Game Board (PGB) can eliminate the club from the competition,” says the British newspaper.
«The PGB is made up of representatives of the Premier League and the English Football League. Meanwhile, the EFL Cup rules define participating clubs as “each member of the league and each member of the Premier League.” “The rules governing the Champions League appear to be more complex and teams need a UEFA club license to play in European competitions,” he says. The Telegraph. That means that if he does not play in his national competitions, he would not be able to play in Europe either.
If he is found guilty and Manchester City was only expelled from his national competitions, it seems very difficult for him to be able to play the Champions League or the club World Cup without regular weekend fixtures. If they allow him to play in Europe, while he is expelled from the Premier, his rivals would show their discontent, since the citizens They could also face the games with more rest than the rest. Everything, at the moment, is up in the air, awaiting the sentence.
