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Manchester City cleared, Javier Tebas says "CAS is not up to par"

2020-07-14T11:12:43.757Z


The Arbitral Tribunal for Sport (CAS) announced on Monday the annulment of the UEFA decision which had deprived the English club of European Cups for two years. A decision criticized by Javer Tebas, president of La Liga. 


Since Monday morning, Pep Guardiola and the Manchester City players have been reassured. Pinned by UEFA for violation of the rules of financial fair play, The Arbitral Tribunal for Sport (CAS) finally announced this Monday morning that the Skyblues will finally be able to compete in the C1 next season. The English club was fined 10 million euros, instead of the 30 million initially planned. 

The moment Pep Guardiola and his backroom team discovered Man City's two-year European ban had been overturned pic.twitter.com/gGBU960Lbn

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If Mancunian supporters are delighted with this decision, Javier Tebas, the president of the Spanish Football League and a fervent defender of financial fair play, reacted to this decision and attacked the CAS, theBBC . "We have to reassess whether the CAS is the appropriate body to appeal institutional decisions in football," said the boss of La Liga. Switzerland is a country with a great history in arbitrations, the CAS is not the height". 

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A much more virulent reaction than that of UEFA. The European body decided to make "no further comments on this subject." (…) In recent years, financial fair play has played an important role in protecting clubs and helping them to become financially viable and UEFA and ECA remain committed to its principles, ”it said. in the press release. 

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