{"id":1131513,"date":"2020-02-18T16:31:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T16:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1131513"},"modified":"2020-02-18T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T16:36:08","slug":"arsenal-arsene-wenger-man-city-champions-league-ban","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arsenal-arsene-wenger-man-city-champions-league-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;You have to respect the rules&#8221; \u2013 Arsene Wenger delivers verdict on Man City&#8217;s Champions League ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has shown little sympathy to <span id=\"urn:enhancement-777cc952-3f20-6d38-0007-626bbf4ee3b5\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_city\">Manchester City<\/span> over their Champions League ban.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pending the outcome of an appeal, City have been fined \u00a325m and banned from European competition for two years by UEFA for allegedly falling foul of FFP rules.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are Man City accused of? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-u13o6cszw4kh4rwwr5ak2q8fvianejy0\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Man City<\/span> have been accused of not being truthful about where the club&#8217;s annual sponsorship came from between 2012-16, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2020\/feb\/17\/manchester-city-sponsorship-covered-by-abu-dhabi-government-not-etihad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>As a result, City are deemed to have breached UEFA&#8217;s financial fair play regulations.<\/li>\n<li>Subsequently, the club has been fined\u00a0\u00a325m and banned from European competition for two years.<\/li>\n<li>That means City will not compete in the Champions League or the Europa League next season, or in 2021\/22, unless the punishment is overturned.<\/li>\n<li>City have confirmed they will appeal against the punishment, meaning an ultimate decision on their European ban is yet to be finalised.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7494632\/embed\/v4?image_option=fullsq\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The reigning <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-h6lp2uenehm1bgdttrqtkjf4s9chxz8s\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/premier_league_2\">Premier League<\/span> champions are set to appeal against their punishment, which came about after UEFA made their judgement based on City&#8217;s annual sponsorship in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>And Wenger, whose reluctance to spend beyond his means during his time as <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-y84a4xk859bcaid9j6a9ovn0y76utl35\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/arsenal_f-c\">Arsenal<\/span> manager defined his managerial philosophy, has suggested City will have to accept their punishment if their appeal fails.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was always for control of financial rules and that clubs works with the natural income they have,&#8221; Wenger told a press conference.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1129886\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/football-manager-ultimate-under-21-sim-premier-league-champions-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1129886\" class=\"wp-image-1129886 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Football Manager | Squawka Ultimate U21 XI\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI-940x530.png 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/02\/10181811\/Squawka-U21-FM-XI.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1129886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/football-manager-ultimate-under-21-sim-premier-league-champions-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s ultimate U-21 XI face Europe\u2019s elite on Football Manager<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The rules have been created. I&#8217;m convinced that at the moment there is an evolution to be made in the way the rules are built up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But they are what they are and you have to respect them. And if people don&#8217;t respect them and if they&#8217;re caught by trying to get around the rules in more or less legal ways, they have to be punished.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If it&#8217;s proven that this has been done on purpose, you cannot let that go unpunished.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sancho, Haaland, Hakimi &amp; Brandt | Meet Borussia Dortmund&#039;s Fantastic Four\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OpOpxJuRT0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_QgsfA8W1TdLADOz0txpTg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>City currently sit second in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-wvobg4qhp2j0vxryeqh9foznqfjqklqo\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/premier_league_2\">Premier League<\/span>, 25 points behind leaders <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-4rqrow0py4c856iozbuddjnafnpn5sxw\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> and just one point ahead of third-placed\u00a0<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ly34aixvgbkyl7hbcpclw9qcvfyjs4k1\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/leicester_city\">Leicester City<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-yn0iqo3lfdjdj5k0yntsc9gsrsx7wo0l\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Pep Guardiola<\/span>&#8216;s side are expected to finish in the top four but their final position in the table could mean little other than to determine the club&#8217;s <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-br8fz1nha8y02kmw0wyuzqzw41h9fvfr\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/premier_league_2\">Premier League<\/span> prize money.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the possibility they will not play in Europe next season \u2013 and a Champions League place could be handed to the team who finishes fifth in <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-80yi4t420t99sr7cy8fyffkc72s4bhd9\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/england\">England<\/span>&#8216;s top tier \u2013 City will continue their push for Champions League glory this term when they face Real Madrid in the last 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has shown little sympathy to Manchester City over their Champions League ban. 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