อันนี้คือข้อกล่าวหาที่ UEFA ฟ้องร้องซิตี้ว่ามีการผิดกฏ FFP
In its statement confirming Man City's punishment in February, UEFA said that it found the Premier League club guilty of "overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to UEFA between 2012 and 2016."
UEFA's Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) found Man City to be in breach of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations and slapped the club with a two-year ban from UEFA competition, along with a €30 million (£25m/$33m) fine.
ซิตี้เลยไปอุธรณ์กับศาลกีฬาโลก ศาลกีฬาโลกตัดสินว่าเรื่องบัญชีที่ผิดกฏ FFP ซิตี้ไม่มีความผิดแต่ยังมีความผิดในเรื่องการไม่ให้ความร่วมมือกับทางยูฟ่า(Article 56 of the Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations) ให้ลดโทษเหลือปรับ 10 ล้านและไม่มีการแบน
“Manchester City did not disguise equity funding as sponsorship contributions, but did fail to cooperate with the UEFA authorities,” a statement read.
“Following the hearing, the CAS Panel deliberated and concluded that the decision issued on 14 February 2020 by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the CFCB should be set aside and replaced by the following:
a.) MCFC has contravened Article 56 of the Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations.
b.) MCFC shall pay a fine of EUR 10,000,000 to the UEFA, within 30 days as from the date of issuance of the arbitral award. (แถลงจาก CAS)
“UEFA notes that the CAS panel found that there was insufficient conclusive evidence to uphold all of the CFCB’s conclusions in this specific case and that many of the alleged breaches were time-barred due to the five-year time period foreseen in the UEFA regulations. (แถลงจากทางยูฟ่า)