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| Manchester City’s two-year Champions League ban lifted by Cas – live! | Manchester City’s two-year Champions League ban lifted by Cas – live! |
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| Rolling report: The court of arbitration for sport has lifted Manchester City’s two-year ban, saying the club did not ‘disguise equity funding’ | Rolling report: The court of arbitration for sport has lifted Manchester City’s two-year ban, saying the club did not ‘disguise equity funding’ |
| Celebrity City fan and renowned swearer weighs in … | |
| It is of course excellent news for Pep Guardiola. The quote I mentioned earlier from Kevin De Bruyne caused considerable murmurs about whether a prolonged ban could spell disaster for a squad accustomed to waltzing into the Champions League each season and hoovering up the associated prize and broadcasting money. Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus and Aymeric Laporte had all spoken fairly diplomatically on what a ban could mean – hard to imagine any will now be on to their agents this morning. | |
| In fact while many at and around the Etihad will be breathing more easily this morning, it’s possibly tipped talent like Phil Foden, who has impressed while getting the odd appearance here and there, that may have let out the deepest sighs over the news. It’s a loaded first XI to get past at City. | |
| Cas will show their full working “in a few days”. Publication of their reasons for reaching the decision may play a significant part in either placating or infuriating those concerned that financial fair play hasn’t quite worked out as advertised. | |
| There is theoretically potential for Uefa to appeal the decision, but I’m not sure anyone’s putting their house on that happening. | |
| Today’s decision takes a lot of edge off the race for fifth place in the Premier League. City’s neighbours United currently hold that spot with 58 points and could move up to fourth with a win over Southampton tonight. Wolves (sixth, 55pts) and Sheffield United (seventh, 54pts) have both played a game more and may not be enjoying their Frosties this morning. | Today’s decision takes a lot of edge off the race for fifth place in the Premier League. City’s neighbours United currently hold that spot with 58 points and could move up to fourth with a win over Southampton tonight. Wolves (sixth, 55pts) and Sheffield United (seventh, 54pts) have both played a game more and may not be enjoying their Frosties this morning. |
| A quick reminder by the way that it is possible to leave Google reviews for the court of arbitration for sport … | A quick reminder by the way that it is possible to leave Google reviews for the court of arbitration for sport … |
| Some of that “better” reaction is filtering through … | Some of that “better” reaction is filtering through … |
| Hot take from me: Uefa should consider going with whoever does supplies web hosting to both Cas and City. The only one of the trio to not hold firm in the face of a 9.30am traffic jam. | Hot take from me: Uefa should consider going with whoever does supplies web hosting to both Cas and City. The only one of the trio to not hold firm in the face of a 9.30am traffic jam. |
| Eleven years ago today btw: Carlos Tevez agreed to sign for City from neighbours United. | Eleven years ago today btw: Carlos Tevez agreed to sign for City from neighbours United. |
| More, better, reaction on the way. | More, better, reaction on the way. |
| Here’s a whirlwind report from that man Conn again … | Here’s a whirlwind report from that man Conn again … |
| The full statement is on the Cas website here. | The full statement is on the Cas website here. |
| The verdict’s in … | The verdict’s in … |
| The decision is expected to be published in the next few minutes. Stand by … | The decision is expected to be published in the next few minutes. Stand by … |
| For those coming in cold to this, an earlier David Conn piece is an excellent way to get you up to speed … | For those coming in cold to this, an earlier David Conn piece is an excellent way to get you up to speed … |
| Back in May, De Bruyne was in no mood to commit his future should a two-year ban be upheld. At that point he said: “Once the decision is made, I will review everything. Two years would be long, but in the case of one year I might see.” | Back in May, De Bruyne was in no mood to commit his future should a two-year ban be upheld. At that point he said: “Once the decision is made, I will review everything. Two years would be long, but in the case of one year I might see.” |
| But what? And who? And why? And how? | But what? And who? And why? And how? |
| At knotty times like this, David Conn is the untangler you can trust … | At knotty times like this, David Conn is the untangler you can trust … |
| Over the weekend, Pep had this to say: | Over the weekend, Pep had this to say: |
| “I’m confident in the club, the arguments, the defence they had, and that next season we’re going to [take up] the place we won on the pitch this season. But we have to wait. I know there are many teams [who may qualify for the Champions League instead of City] in the Premier League waiting too. But we are going to wait.” | “I’m confident in the club, the arguments, the defence they had, and that next season we’re going to [take up] the place we won on the pitch this season. But we have to wait. I know there are many teams [who may qualify for the Champions League instead of City] in the Premier League waiting too. But we are going to wait.” |
| Today’s the day, then. The court of arbitration for sport are due to rule on Manchester City’s two-year ban from the Champions League. The sanction, handed out by Uefa back in February, saw the club banned from Europe for two seasons and fined €30m (£25m) after they were found to have seriously misled European football’s governing body and broken the financial fair play rules by exaggerating the level of sponsorship income from companies in Abu Dhabi. | Today’s the day, then. The court of arbitration for sport are due to rule on Manchester City’s two-year ban from the Champions League. The sanction, handed out by Uefa back in February, saw the club banned from Europe for two seasons and fined €30m (£25m) after they were found to have seriously misled European football’s governing body and broken the financial fair play rules by exaggerating the level of sponsorship income from companies in Abu Dhabi. |
| City, for their part, have always denied any wrongdoing and have held a firm front against the accusations, with Pep Guardiola last week expressing full confidence that the club would be vindicated. This confidence showed signs of eroding over the weekend. | City, for their part, have always denied any wrongdoing and have held a firm front against the accusations, with Pep Guardiola last week expressing full confidence that the club would be vindicated. This confidence showed signs of eroding over the weekend. |
| The manager says he’ll honour his contract whatever happens. The implications for recruitment, however, with Kevin De Bruyne having already casually dropped in the prospect of an upheld verdict meaning he’ll consider his future, are less clear. | The manager says he’ll honour his contract whatever happens. The implications for recruitment, however, with Kevin De Bruyne having already casually dropped in the prospect of an upheld verdict meaning he’ll consider his future, are less clear. |
| Cas’s decision is expected at 9.30am BST, and there will doubtless be plenty of fallout either way. Stand by your beds … | Cas’s decision is expected at 9.30am BST, and there will doubtless be plenty of fallout either way. Stand by your beds … |