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Manchester City's champions league ban lifted

Manchester City's champions league ban lifted
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Manchester City will play in the Champions League next season.

They've successfully overturned their two year ban for breaking UEFA's financial fair play rules at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

They've also had their fine reduced to 10 million euros.

It means teams who finish in the Premier League's top four will qualify for Europe's top competition.

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City were handed the suspension by UEFA's club financial control body in February for "serious breaches of club licensing and financial fair play."

The Premier League club vehemently denied any wrongdoing and appealed the decision at CAS last month, after previously describing the UEFA disciplinary process as "prejudicial".

After hearing evidence over the course of three days in June, CAS have now overturned the suspension - meaning City are free to compete in the Champions League next season, having secured second place in the Premier League with a 5-0 win over Brighton on Saturday.

A statement on the club website this morning read:  "Whilst Manchester City and its legal advisors are yet to review the full ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the club welcomes the implications of today’s ruling as a validation of the Club’s position and the body of evidence that it was able to present.

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"The club wishes to thank the panel members for their diligence and the due process that they administered."

 

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