Man City banned from Europe for 2 years.

[Monketron]

Pretty huge news. I also assume that means 5th placed gets a Champions League spot? providing their appeal doesn't delay it by a season.

 

[The Fat Bloke]

If 5th gets in that’s a massive bonus to aim for.

 

[Big Saft Kid]

Wow, just wow!

 

[waggys left foot]

And 8th may get Europa ?

 

[Glass ankles]

And 8th may get Europa ?

You'd think.
This is great news for teams chasing European spots.

 

[Wolf316]

I wonder if this will finally see a club challenging FFP in court?

 

[Keyser Soze]

HUGE news! If the CL spot goes down to 5th too and we don't get penalised for Man City's misdoings then what a massive bonus to aim for this season!!

 

[Incognito]

****ing hell. Where did this come from!!!? I must get my head out of the clouds...

 

[AndyY]

Massive news but I wouldn’t be surprised if it got reduced to a fine of £4.50 on appeal!

 

[JonahWolf]

That is big. Imagine they’ll go balls out on appeal so nothing will happen til 21/22 at least.

Will properly screw up the European places though, with Citeh’s tendency to collect cups.
This will seriously damage them going forward. Reckon that’s bye bye Guardiola.

 

[Big Saft Kid]

HUGE news! If the CL spot goes down to 5th too and we don't get penalised for Man City's misdoings then what a massive bonus to aim for this season!!

How would we be penalised?

 

[Bawtry Wolf]

Does it mean Villa qualify for Europe regardless of the result of the cup final result?

 

[Deleted member 8913]

And 8th may get Europa ?

City not banned from Europa?

 

[paulhick]

Var have overruled all decisions and now given Man City the title.........

 

[Big Saft Kid]

City not banned from Europa?

From all UEFA competitions

 

[Yout85]

Does it mean Villa qualify for Europe regardless of the result of the cup final result?

Nope. Thankfully.

Can't qualify in any fashion by being a losing finalist any more. The extra place has to go to league positions.

 

[clivewolves]

If the ban stands at least it saves Man City fans from having to boo the Champions League anthem for a couple of years. Hopefully it will be playing at Molineux instead.

 

[Bawtry Wolf]

Nope. Thankfully.

Can't qualify in any fashion by being a losing finalist any more. The extra place has to go to league positions.

Thank God for that

 

[Keyser Soze]

How would we be penalised?

If we lose a CL place due to this and only 3 qualify, not 4 and it goes down to 5th

 

[WV10Wolf]

No doubt the idiots in B6 think they’ve qualified
For the Europa by virtue of them reaching the Cup final if City can’t qualify for it by winning the thing.

 

[Sussex Wolf]

From all UEFA competitions

Which means Villa in Europe even if they lose?

 

[OLDGOLD]

Does it mean Villa qualify for Europe regardless of the result of the cup final result?

My big concern also...

 

[Big Saft Kid]

That would penalise innocent parties. Can't see that hsppening

 

[Flea]

Unbeliavable.
Never thought I´d live to see the day.
Let´s beat Leicester!

 

[Deleted member 4436]

Wow! Gobsmacked that they’ve gone after a huge club. Fair play.

 

[Big Saft Kid]

Which means Villa in Europe even if they lose?

Which means Villa in Europe even if they lose?

No, losing finalists don't qualify

 

[old wittonian]

I wonder if this will finally see a club challenging FFP in court?

Read somewhere that a very rich club was strongly thinking of challenging FFP on the grounds that UEFA/FIFA would run out of money before it did.

 

[Yout85]

Which means Villa in Europe even if they lose?

My big concern also...

Nope. It doesn't mean that.

 

[dmcmaho3]

Apparently won't take effect until next year

 

[old wittonian]

I wonder if the press/media will make as big a deal out of this as they did with the Saracens saga.

 

[WolfoftheWrekin]

Had to be a English Club?

 

[JonahWolf]

Wow! Gobsmacked that they’ve gone after a huge club. Fair play.

Quite. Thought it had been ignored for them and swept under the carpet, which was seemingly pretty bad since they finally had the balls to hit AC Milan after only previously doing the Turkish clubs.

Pleasantly surprised.

 

[OLDGOLD]

Nope. It doesn't mean that.

Beautiful. Especially if they think it does and they still lose.
Be interesting to see if some city players jump ship looking for European football.
Love it!

 

[Aylesbury Wolf]

Don’t get too excited. I bet the ban gets overturned on appeal or reduced to a suspended ban with a bigger fine.
Now, had it not been one of the so called big six, I bet the ban would be longer than two seasons.

 

[Sedgley Gold N Black]

This is huge news.

UEFA have to be pretty confident against any appeal to implement it in such a short space.

Even if City decide to batter FFP, this has to benefit us in the long term.

 

[Kashmire Hawker]

If City lose the appeal and then win the League Cup, UCL place is 5th, at least a UEL 2nd Qualifying Round berth goes to 7th and if a team who directly qualifies for Europa via there league positioning, also wins the FA Cup, 8th place will then get that 2nd QR spot, with 7th upgraded to the Group Stages.

Hope that all makes sense!

 

[cobweb]

"The club has always anticipated the ultimate need to seek out an independent body and process to impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence in support of its position." - Man City statement

Can somebody fluent in management speak translate the above please, because It looks like horse ****.

 

[Yout85]

Don’t get too excited. I bet the ban gets overturned on appeal or reduced to a suspended ban with a bigger fine.
Now, had it not been one of the so called big six, I bet the ban would be longer than two seasons.

For UEFA to state that Man City falsified their sponsorship income they must have evidence. Man City have very clearly breached regulations, not just by overspending... but by fraud. What possible grounds can they appeal on?

 

[WW1963]

I wonder if this will finally see a club challenging FFP in court?

The floodgates are set to open.

 

[Norris]

Don’t get too excited. I bet the ban gets overturned on appeal or reduced to a suspended ban with a bigger fine.
Now, had it not been one of the so called big six, I bet the ban would be longer than two seasons.

That's the first thing I thought, you can imagine the legal team behind them and the power and influence of their owners, I'd be very (pleasantly) surprised if this decision stuck.