UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has insisted that UEFA was right to ban Manchester City from the Champions League for two years and fine them €30 million for violating Financial Fair Play rules

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. The ban was later overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in July 2020, but Ceferin maintains that UEFA was right to sanction City
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. Manchester City is currently facing more than 100 charges of violating the Premier League’s financial rules, and a hearing is due this year
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. Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, has urged Ceferin to respect the procedure of appeal and understand that the club has the right to defend itself