Manchester City president Ferran Soriano said on Wednesday that charges of financial fair play (FPF) violations against his club, which had been deprived of the European Cup for two years, were "simply not true", denouncing a move more "political" than judicial.
"These allegations are not true. They are simply not true, "the manager said in an interview with the club's website about the procedure launched by UEFA which resulted in the exclusion of Citizens from any European Cup on Friday. two seasons.
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Challenging the objectivity of the Club Financial Control Commission (ICFC) which condemned him, the president of Manchester City even went so far as to assert that, in these proceedings, "the problem seems to be less justice and more politics ”.
"No money injected irregularly"
City was notably accused of having inflated revenues from sponsorship contracts artificially to mask injections of money by the owner, Sheikh Mansour bin-Zayed al-Nahyan, to avoid too great an imbalance of accounts between 2012 and 2016.
A manipulation that had been exposed by Der Spiegel based on internal emails revealed in connection with the massive leak of Football Leaks documents. "The owner has not injected money which would have been declared irregularly", however assured Ferran Soriano.
The conflict resolution hoped for before the summer
The Spanish leader also defended the almost arrogant tone of the statement released Friday by the club to announce his intention to appeal. "We have cooperated by providing numerous documents proving irrefutably that these accusations are not true (…) but in the end, the ICFC relies more on stolen and out of context emails", he said. judge. "It is normal for us to feel what we feel," he pleaded.
Manchester City, which must soon file its appeal before the Arbitral Tribunal for Sport (CAS), hopes for a resolution of this conflict "before the start of the summer," added Ferran Soriano. "In the meantime, it's" business as usual "," he continued, ensuring that coach Pep Guardiola and the players were "calm and focused" on the end-of-season goals, starting with the eighth of the Champions League final against Real Madrid next week, a trophy that desperately escapes them.
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