Justification of the Cas-judgment: What is Manchester City before the European Cup-lock saved

The Trouble was huge, the indignation and the detailed justification of the "European Cup-acquittal" for Manchester City is not likely to vote in the critic's mild. In the heart of the European football Union (Uefa), which remained sound evidence of violations of her increasingly damaged Financial fair play (FFP) guilty moves more and more.

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test 93 pages of the International court of arbitration for sport Cas reasoned, which is why the Premier League is allowed to join the club in the future, but in the European Cup. These have a Uefa investigation for alleged FFP violations while "blatantly" disregarded. Uefa have, however, failed to demonstrate that City funds the club have camouflaged owners as sponsors revenue.

On the 13. July had lifted the Cas by the Uefa two years Europe has imposed the Cup barrier against the Skyblues. The original fine was reduced from 30 to 10 million euros. This sum characteristic "a serious infringement" of the club, the lack of willingness to cooperate with the Uefa Commission of inquiry have shown, justified the Cas.

In the case of the prosecution because of alleged concealment of equity financing not be, however, more serious been infringement, and "on the basis of the evidence, the panel can not come to the conclusion that a disguised financing was paid to City", - stated in the Cas statement. The club has been accused of, to have the value of the revenue of the Emirati sponsors Etisalat and Etihad Airways, intentionally exaggerated, in order to meet the FFP regulations.

The Cas also noted that the case was influenced by the Insistence of Uefa, the appeal prior to the start of the Champions League season 2020/21 complete. The court did not, therefore, to the demand for more evidence. Nine Premier League clubs (Arsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle, Tottenham and Wolverhampton) submitted to Uefa a request to have the City not on the European Cup to participate, if, before the beginning of the season 2020/21 no judgment had been like.