January 26 – Manchester City may have done themselves few favours after manager Pep Guardiola criticised UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin for claiming UEFA were right to punish the current treble holders for financial breaches.
UEFA banned City from European competition for two years in February 2020 for breaching its Financial Fair Play rules, but the ban was later overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
CAS found that some of the charges against City were “not established” and others were time-barred.
Ceferin (pictured right) told the Daily Telegraph on Thursday: “We know we were right. We wouldn’t decide if we didn’t think we were right.”
His remarks came as City await a Premier League hearing after being charged with 115 breaches of their domestic competition’s profit and sustainability rules.
Guardiola (pictured left) accused Ceferin of not respecting City’s ongoing process with the Premier League.
“As the lawyer that he is, as president of UEFA, he should wait – and after do whatever he wants,” Guardiola told reporters on Thursday. “He has to respect it and he has to wait. A lawyer should respect the procedure. He knows we have the right to defend ourselves.”
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