Day Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Uefa investigators want Manchester City to be banned from the Champions League for a season if they are found guilty of breaking financial rules. However, according to one well-placed source, a final decision is yet to be made by chief investigator Yves Leterme. The former Belgian prime minister, chairman of the investigatory panel of Uefa's independent financial control board, is set to make a recommendation this week. With no vote in such cases, the final say lies with him but several of his colleagues are understood to have firmly expressed the view at a recent meeting that a season-long ban would be a suitable punishment if City are found guilty. Full story https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48265079 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Ah well, they can concentrate on the league instead ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 If they’re found guilty they have to be banned imo. Can’t have these rules and just hand out fines and minor punishments like they did to city and PSG before, Makes a mockery of the whole thing. Bet they won’t be found guilty tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 So presumably, Man u would still not be playing in the champions league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 I think this ban will be enforced and I’ll tell you why. UEFA won’t want England to dominate Europe, 4 English clubs in both European finals will not go down well at UEFA HQ as they will be under pressure from clubs and leagues across Europe to keep the competition fair. With the Premier League TV deals, it’s only going to get stronger creating a gap between our clubs and the rest of Europe. La Liga themselves have already started pointing fingers at the big spenders, despite Spurs not spending a penny 4 English clubs will be too much to take. Man City out of Europe for a season will be bad news for the rest of the Premier League though, with that being their sole focus I expect they will smash it and break records, not just spending records. Not expecting the ban anytime soon though as their lawyers will tie it up in lengthy court cases, appeal everything, same way Chelsea will do with the transfer ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 2 hours ago, David said: I think this ban will be enforced and I’ll tell you why. UEFA won’t want England to dominate Europe, 4 English clubs in both European finals will not go down well at UEFA HQ as they will be under pressure from clubs and leagues across Europe to keep the competition fair. With the Premier League TV deals, it’s only going to get stronger creating a gap between our clubs and the rest of Europe. La Liga themselves have already started pointing fingers at the big spenders, despite Spurs not spending a penny 4 English clubs will be too much to take. Man City out of Europe for a season will be bad news for the rest of the Premier League though, with that being their sole focus I expect they will smash it and break records, not just spending records. Not expecting the ban anytime soon though as their lawyers will tie it up in lengthy court cases, appeal everything, same way Chelsea will do with the transfer ban. At the same time, they might be reluctant to ban them, as it could nudge top clubs (specifically English) one step closer to creating a new European Competition/League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 2 hours ago, David said: La Liga themselves have already started pointing fingers at the big spenders, despite Spurs not spending a penny 4 English clubs will be too much to take. Is that coming from Barcelona, who are 4th on the list of biggest spenders in the last 5 years ? https://talksport.com/football/277747/every-champions-league-club-ranked-their-net-spend-over-last-five-seasons-170902252966/ (although to be fair both Manchester clubs occupy 1st and 2nd spots and have spent double) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 35 minutes ago, maxjam said: Is that coming from Barcelona, who are 4th on the list of biggest spenders in the last 5 years ? https://talksport.com/football/277747/every-champions-league-club-ranked-their-net-spend-over-last-five-seasons-170902252966/ (although to be fair both Manchester clubs occupy 1st and 2nd spots and have spent double) Barça might not complain directly, but the La Liga will https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/11/06/la-liga-threaten-make-complaint-eu-ffp-allegations-claiming/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 There's no chance Man City spent that much and didn't break rules. Hard to believe Man Utd didn't break rules either, but they've managed to get worse so maybe they'll see leniency. Chelsea and Liverpool seem very much on the level with every other major european club. Maybe La Liga should have made efforts to do something about the monopolisation of the league by Barca and Real Madrid. If the league was more competitive, the audience would be larger, and TV companies would spend more for the rights. It's pretty simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 5 hours ago, SaintRam said: Hard to believe Man Utd didn't break rules either, but they've managed to get worse so maybe they'll see leniency. Man Utd felt guilty and banned themselves for a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highgate Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 5 hours ago, SaintRam said: Maybe La Liga should have made efforts to do something about the monopolisation of the league by Barca and Real Madrid. If the league was more competitive, the audience would be larger, and TV companies would spend more for the rights. It's pretty simple. They have made efforts to do just that. Since the 2016/2017 season I believe, the TV money is no longer negotiated by each individual club but by the league as a whole and distributed among them, as a result the teams outside the big 2/3 are receiving a larger proportion than they did before. As Real Madrid and Barca insisted that they couldn't receive less TV money in total than they had received prior to this new arrangement, LaLiga is still giving them the lion's share, however as the TV deals will increase in size, their ability to make it and even more level playing field will increase and that appears to be their clear intention at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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inter politics Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Absolutely love watching Pep's teams but if these big clubs break the rules, they should be punished consistently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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