'Manchester City is disappointed but not surprised by today's announcement by the Uefa Adjudicatory Chamber,' the club said.
A Manchester City fan during the Champions League match against Barcelona at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, on November 1 2016.Manchester City have been banned from European competitions for the next two seasons for"serious financial fair-play breaches", Uefa announced on Friday, with the verdict immediately contested by Pep Guardiola's English champions.
City, who were also fined 30 million euros , announced they were appealing the suspension to the Court of Arbitration for Sport "at the earliest opportunity". "Manchester City is disappointed but not surprised by today's announcement by the Uefa Adjudicatory Chamber," the club said. "The ... flawed and consistently leaked Uefa process [the Uefa chief investigator] oversaw has meant that there was little doubt in the result that he would deliver..."With this prejudicial process now over, the club will pursue an impartial judgment as quickly as possible" at CAS.
City lost a previous appeal to CAS over Uefa's original decision to refer them to its adjudicatory chamber over the alleged FFP violations.The investigation into City was based on leaked emails published last year by German magazine Der Spiegel as part of"Football Leaks".
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