The current champion of England, “Manchester City” has answered UEFA for disqualification from participation in the Champions League.

The club is suspended from participating in the Champions League or the Europa League in seasons-2020/2021 and 2021/2022. Hearings on January 22.

The reason - fraud with sponsorship contracts.

In the current tournament draw, the club will finish the game. In the Champions League 1/8 finals, City will face Real Madrid.

City is going to appeal this decision in the Lausanne Sports Arbitration Court (CAS).

Manchester City is disappointed but not surprised by today's statement by the UEFA Court of Justice.

The club has always been in favor of finding an independent body and an impartial review process for a comprehensive array of compelling evidence to support its position..

In December 2018, UEFA publicly announced the results and sanctions that he intended to apply to Manchester City before the start of the investigation.. The club has officially filed a complaint with the UEFA disciplinary body, which was confirmed by the decision of the CAS.

Simply put, this is a case initiated by UEFA, investigated by UEFA and convicted by UEFA. Now that this prejudiced process has been completed, the club will seek an impartial decision as soon as possible and therefore will begin the trial in the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the first opportunity, "

UEFA reports that Manchester City violated financial fair play rules from 2012 to 2016. The club inflated sponsorship income in its accounts and in the break-even information that it represented in UEFA.