Alexander Ceferin assured in a interview given to the newspaperThe Telegraph that UEFA were “right” in stating that Manchester City violated its Financial Fair Play rules when They imposed a two-year sanction on the English club without playing in European competition in February 2020, punishment that the TAS would later lift considering that several of the accusations against City had expired.
The UEFA president spoke for the first time since the Premier League revealed that There is already a date to judge the 115 infractions allegedly committed by Manchester City. “I don’t want to talk about the specific case in England, but I am confident that the decision of our independent body then was correct. We know that we acted well. We would not have decided that way if we did not think we were right,” he said.
“Fans want to know what is happening and what the consequences are.”
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Ceferin was also asked about the criticism that has occurred for the amount of time taken to deal with the City case while the cases of Everton and Nottingham Forest were referred to an independent commission after admitting that they had breached the league’s Sustainability and Profit Regulations: “Of course I can understand the frustration of the fans. They want to know what is happening and what the the consequences, but I don’t want to get into this specific process because I don’t know how the Premier League handles it,” Ceferin said.
As well as having twice breached FFP rules, City could soon be forced to comply with UEFA’s new regulations on multi-club ownership. Ceferin noted in the interview with The Telegraph that he wanted the restrictions imposed on teams under those regulations to be more explicit, which could affect Girona in the face of a possible qualification to compete in European competition.
“The biggest problem is perception. You know football. A big English club can lose 3-0 to a small Portuguese club, if you want, because they are having a bad day. Imagine it’s the same property? This is my biggest problem and I don’t have a solution. We could always say: Okay, you can do it under these and these and these conditions. But total control of two or more teams is impossible. That is, for now, my opinion. We didn’t come to a concrete solution. “.
Full control of two or more devices is impossible
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Ceferin also appreciated the flight of players to Saudi Arabia: “They leave because the contracts they are offered are big. And I don’t blame them for that. If they are near the end of their career, maybe it will be a new adventure and you will earn a lot of money. But from there to saying that you are going to the country to help, it is almost a joke… I am not worried at all because European football has very strong roots. This is part of the culture, of our history. You cannot buy this. You can’t.”
Regarding the Super League He said: “The press release was misleading. Nowhere in the court’s decision does it say that we have abused our monopoly. It is a very important thing and we complained to the court about it, but the first effect cannot be changed anymore.” . Besides He noted that he did not fear that the teams could use the sentence as an argument in future negotiations. with UEFA “I can say that the new Champions League system will remain and we do not plan to do anything else. And we will not do it because, now, the load on the players is at the limit.”
2024-01-24 00:47:21
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