Manchester City Punished

The issue of depriving Manchester City of participation in the Champions League has become the most important and prominent event on the European scene during the past hours, because the news was not expected, and shocked all the followers, whether fans of the Citizens or fans of other big clubs.

 UEFA issued an official statement on Friday evening announcing that Manchester City was denied participation in the Champions League for two consecutive copies, in addition to imposing a large fine of 30 million euros, on charges of violating the laws of fair financial play.

 There are many unanswered questions about this punishment and some related matters. In this report, we will try to cover comprehensively all the details that may answer the followers' questions:

 What is the fair play financial law?

 Before we understand why Manchester City has been punished, we must first clarify what is the law of fair financial play that has created many problems for big clubs in recent years, and many of them have become threatened with receiving similar penalties as the Citizens suffered.

 The Executive Committee of the European Union decided to legislate a law aimed at protecting clubs from bankruptcy and achieving financial justice in football, and the law states that the club is not allowed to spend more than its income.

 The idea of ​​the fair financial play law is summarized that clubs are required to achieve a financial balance in every season so that the expenses are less than revenues except in some exceptional cases, and that is the exception of the expenses of stadiums, infrastructure and the development of academies, so the club can spend on it as it wants without entering into  Mathematical equation.

 UEFA explained after the application of this law that clubs will be punished with either financial fines or exclusion from the Champions League if it has not been adhered to, and some clubs have already been punished, and the most prominent case was depriving Milan of European participation this season.

 This is not the first time that Manchester City has been punished

 UEFA previously imposed a large financial penalty on the Citizens in 2014 of 55 million euros after its expenses exceeded the revenues that entered the club, and demanded that it reduce spending in 2015, and therefore the current punishment is the second for the Premier League champion in the past two seasons.

 Pep Guardiola

 Will the qualification card be withdrawn from the English Premier League?

 Denying Manchester City to participate in the Champions League will not affect the cards that qualify for the championship in the English Premier League, as next season 4 teams from the Premier League will qualify as usual, and the fifth-ranked player will receive a qualification card instead of the team coach Pep Guardiola.

 Is there a solution for Manchester City a solution to avoid the penalty?

 Yes, UEFA itself confirmed in the statement that Manchester City has the right to submit an appeal to the Sports Arbitration Court to check the penalty decision and review the file again, and based on the decision that the sports court will issue will be the final ruling.

 Until this moment, the decision to be issued by the sports arbitration court cannot be speculated, as there are many possibilities, as the penalty can be fully lifted, or commuted, so that the team is denied participation in the Champions League for only one season and not two seasons, or even a financial fine,  But there is also a possibility that the punishment will remain as it is now, and it will take a few months until the case is finally decided.

 Clarify the length of the penalty for Manchester City

 The penalty provides for depriving Manchester City of participation in the Champions League during the next two seasons, and therefore even if the team does not qualify for the championship next season or the next through the English Premier League, the penalty will remain in effect, and the team will return to participate in the 2022-2023 season in any case, of course in  If he gets one of the first four places.

 Why did not deprive Manchester City of transfers such as Real Madrid and Barcelona?

 Some have questioned why the Manchester City penalty differed from the penalty received by Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid, and Chelsea by denying entry to the transfer market for one or two periods, and the answer is simple and it is summarized that the penalties of the aforementioned clubs were issued by the International Football Association (FIFA), and the violations were related to  With the laws of contracting with minors, it has nothing to do with the law of fair financial play, neither near nor far, while the penalty for the Citizens was issued by the European Union (UEFA) on the pretext of violating the fair financial law.