The Manchester City is used to to stand out by his sportive attainments or his conquests of market, but now is loomed by a sanction of the UEFA. After a long investigation, the organism that governs the football of the old continent pronounced in the past month of February, in which it announced a consistent exemplary punishment in 30 million euros of fine and two years of exclusion in the international competitions of clubs.
After an airada initial reaction, the leaders of the English entity confirmed that they would do all the possible so that it did justice, and warned that they would head to upper instances. This same Tuesday received an important news, since the Court of Sportive Arbitration (TAS) announced the key date in which it will review his case. They have happened some months of taut wait, and still could do fault a few more.
Between the 8 and on 10 June will study the resource of the 'sky blues', accused of vulnerar the rules of the 'Fair Play Financial' and also of not collaborating with the researchers. In the Etihad Stadium defend that this process was not impartial and was marked by a persecution in which they did not avoid at least the leaks, and insist in that there are not proofs that inflaran his agreements of sponsorship between 2012 and 2016.
The 'citizen' do not know still when will issue the definite verdict, but have some tracks of his publication. The experts warn that it is difficult that rid completely of this penalty, although some keep the hope that it reduce to so alone a year. In any case, the sentence would be list before the draw of the phase of Groups of the Champions League, for which have note almost ensured.
In full crisis of the coronavirus, the City could receive another dangerous hit, that destapó even before it burst the pandemia. In addition to the losses ocasionadas by the stop of the championships and the meetings without public, among others subjects, the club would remain without a source of advertising and income and his cuts by this 'blockade' could situate around the 100 million euros by season.
The sanction to the City could have consequences in the market
The worry of the City goes further of the financial plot, and is that in the sportive also could have consequences. Although the possible damages have minimised thanks to the statements of several cracks, that have recalcado that they will not change of airs even although it reaffirm the sanction, there are others that have not separated the rumours and whose future aims to a market of signings in which there will be a lot of movement.