EUROPEAN football’s chief financial investigator has warned Manchester City they DO face a Champions League ban. SunSport revealed last month how senior figures within Uefa felt City needed heavy punishment over alleged breaches of Financial Fair Play rules. Documents released as part of the Football Leaks cache detailed how City appeared to have hidden more than £70m in funding from the club’s Abu Dhabi owners by claiming it was legitimate sponsorship income. That came after it emerged City had cut a deal with former Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino – now President of Fifa – over breaches of the regulations in 2014. City did not contest the legitimacy of any of the leaked documents or emails, instead criticising the release of “out of context materials purported to have been hacked or stolen” and adding: “The attempt to damage the club’s reputation is organised and clear.” But now the pressure has been cranked by Yves Leterme, the chairman and chief investigator of Uefa’s Club Financial Control Body. Leterme, a former Belgian Prime Minister, said: “If what has been written about Manchester City is true, there might be a serious problem. “This can lead to the heaviest punishment – exclusion from Uefa… Read full this story
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