Premier League Champions Manchester City have lodged a formal appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport against their two year Champions League ban.
CAS confirmed City’s submission in a written statement, although no timeline has been given for when the appeal
process will be concluded.
The statement read:
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“The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered an appeal filed by Manchester City Football Club against the Union of European Football Association (UEFA).
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“The appeal is directed against the decision of the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control
Body (CFCB) date 14 February 2020 in which Manchester City was deemed to have contravened UEFA’s Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations and sanctioned with exclusion from the next two seasons of UEFA club competitions for which the club would quality and ordered to pay a fine of EUR 30 million.“Generally speaking, CAS appeal arbitration procedures involve an exchange of written submissions between the parties while a Panel of CAS arbitrators is being convened.
“Once the Panel has been formally constituted it issues procedural directions, including, inter alia, with respect to the holding of a hearing.
“Following the hearing, the Panel deliberates and then issues its decision in the form of an Arbitral Award.
“It is not possible to indicate at this time when a final award in this matter will be issued.”
City take on Real Madrid later today in their UCL 1st leg round of 16 fixture at the Bernabue stadium.