Manchester City’s place in the UEFA Champions League next season could be challenged by Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal because of detailed new UEFA rules over Financial Fair Play (FFP), according to an exclusive report in The Independent newspaper tonight.
The newspaper reports:
“A new problem has emerged in the obscure though highly significant small print of the new FFP rulebook. If City fail to meet FFP, a “directly affected party” has 10 days to appeal against any attempt by the club to then cut a deal with Uefa to reduce their sanction of a likely Champions League ban. City would then be exposed to a Uefa tribunal.
“The governing body may deliver their verdict on clubs’ finances as early as May. Arsenal and Liverpool have made it clear they expect strong enforcement of FFP by Uefa and both clubs could make the challenge – putting them in a state of open conflict with City – if either miss out on a Champions’ League place.
“City’s status in next year’s competition could only be challenged if they are first ruled a FFP defaulter and then reach a “settlement agreement”, which is effectively a plea bargain.”
Here’s video of Jose Mourinho talking about Manchester City’s “dodgy way” in how the club is dealing with Financial Fair Play:
Read the article linked below in The Independent for more insight and detail.
Here are tonight’s world soccer news headlines:
Premier League
- Manchester City facing new threat of European expulsion — The Independent
- Rivals ganging up to ban City: Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal may test Champions League ruling on Financial Fair Play — The Mail
- Manchester City’s Manuel Pellegrini insists Chelsea game ‘no title decider’ – The Guardian
- Chelsea boss Mourinho hints rivals are making a mockery of Platini’s fair play rules — The Mail
- Chelsea’s José Mourinho takes swipe at miscalculating Manuel Pellegrini — The Observer
- Mourinho: some Chelsea rivals have dodgy approach to financial fair play — The Guardian
- Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says refs give everything in Man City’s favour — Off The Post
- Cardiff City manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer signs Sevilla defender Juan Cala — BBC Sport
- Rene Meulensteen set to be replaced by Alan Curbishley after Southampton loss — The Mail
- Former Liverpool record signing Tony Hateley passes away at 72 — Sky Sports
- Fulham fail in Jesse Lingard raid on Manchester United after David Moyes turns down £5 million bid — The Mirror
- Etienne Capoue blasts Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood for English ignorance of foreign players — ESPN
- BT scores with market as Sky Sports viewing hits highest level for six years — Inside World Football
- BT Sport ‘happy’ with Andy Gray despite sexist video — The Telegraph
- Manchester United’s Nani out of action for around one month — Sky Sports
- Jonathan Woodgate’s sale fuelled first January transfer window — The Telegraph
- Top Premier League clubs steer clear of transfer deadline day signings — The Guardian
- Bob Bradley’s thoughts on Salah’s move to Chelsea — King Fut
- Steve Bruce targets Hull City loan star Jake Livermore as a summer signing — Hull Daily Mail
- Cardiff fails in late swoop for Newcastle ace Cisse — Shields Gazette
- From a British perspective, American football and the Super Bowl look downright socialist — The Guardian
- Newcastle United being pushed to the limit by malevolent Mike Ashley — Metro
- Nike set to pay Man United $1 billion to make their shirts — 101GG
- Swell ratings and remarks for U.S. international Jozy Altidore in Sunderland’s big win — Pro Soccer Talk
- Chico Flores posts Vine on Twitter proving he was elbowed by Andy Carroll — 101GG
- Michael Laudrup to be replaced by Everton assistant Graeme Jones — The Mirror
International soccer
- Spain mourns after Euro 2008 winning coach Luis Aragones dies at the age of 75 — The Mail
- U.S. MNT blanks Korea Republic 2-0 in 2014 opener in front of sell-out crowd of 27,000 — US Soccer
- What went wrong in Saturday’s U.S. win over South Korea — Pro Soccer Talk
- U.S. soccer tax records, 2012-13 — Washington Post
- U.S. WNT tops Canada 1-0 to open 2014 in front of 20,862 fans — US Soccer
- UniMás broadcast of Mexico vs. South Korea match reaches 5.2 million total viewers — TV By The Numbers
- England’s World Cup stadium being built by Haitian ‘slaves’ earning just £5 a day – if they’re lucky — The Mirror
Championship
- Leeds fans blockade Elland Road in protest at Brian McDermott’s sacking — The Guardian
- Chaos and contempt at Leeds United as one of English football’s most famous clubs falls into the hands of an Italian fraudster — The Mail
- Leeds claim that Brian McDermott is still in charge despite reports that he had been sacked on Friday — Telegraph
MLS
- MLS declared 49th strongest national league in world — The Examiner
- Joe Cole MLS transfer: West Ham midfielder could seek a big money move to the US this summer — The Mirror
La Liga
- Minute of silence in Real Madrid for the death of Luis Aragonés — Real Madrid
- Barcelona’s Neymar likely to be fit to face Manchester City – The Guardian
- Gareth Bale ruled out of Real Madrid’s La Liga match with Athletic Bilbao — The Mail
Scottish soccer
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