SNSUN Posted 16 May, 2014 Posted 16 May, 2014 Fined heavily for breaking FFP rules and have to use a reduced squad of players in the CL next season. Thoughts? I say heavily, a lot of it is suspended and, well, it's City innit, they're loaded.
stevegrant Posted 16 May, 2014 Posted 16 May, 2014 The fine is much of a muchness, as you say, they can afford it. The squad reduction is a pretty tough punishment, though. The UEFA competition rules state that clubs have to name 8 "home-grown" players - four of which are club-trained (3 years between 15 and 21), four of which are country-trained. If they don't have enough players to make the numbers up, they lose a place in their squad. They already faced that situation this season, and as a result could only name 23 players in their squad list for the Champions League. Next season, the maximum they can name is 21 rather than 25, and if they can't make up the 8 home-grown players, it'll be even fewer than that (i.e. if they can still only name 6 home-grown players next season, they'll only have 19 players for the Champions League). The end result is that they're going to have to name at least 4 fewer non-UK-trained players. Some of that will be covered by players who leave, the likes of Lescott and Richards, but the kicker is that those two made up a third of their home-grown quota this season!
SNSUN Posted 16 May, 2014 Author Posted 16 May, 2014 All the more reason for them to 'buy British' surely? More chance of holding them to ransom if they turn their attentions to Shaw, not that I think they need another left back. I wonder if they'll have a poke at Barkley...
stevegrant Posted 16 May, 2014 Posted 16 May, 2014 All the more reason for them to 'buy British' surely? More chance of holding them to ransom if they turn their attentions to Shaw, not that I think they need another left back. I wonder if they'll have a poke at Barkley... Another part of the sanction is that they're not allowed to pay a transfer fee for any player in either transfer window next season who they want to register for the Champions League, so unless those players are happy to sit it out for a season, that's not an option.
SNSUN Posted 16 May, 2014 Author Posted 16 May, 2014 Another part of the sanction is that they're not allowed to pay a transfer fee for any player in either transfer window next season who they want to register for the Champions League, so unless those players are happy to sit it out for a season, that's not an option. Ah ok. Decent punishment then.
Window Cleaner Posted 24 May, 2014 Posted 24 May, 2014 Paris St Germain got a very similar sanction I believe, hasn't stopped them paying 50 million euros for David Luiz though. Can't see the point of these sanction if it doesn't stop them just spending more and more money.
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