Guardiola is confident that Manchester City will remain in the Champions League

Guardiola is confident that Manchester City will remain in the Champions League

St Germain will not give up Neymar or Mbabi to avoid penalties for financial gambling

Guardiola City Coach (AFP)

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Manchester City manager Josep Guardiola said the club's management had badured him that his team would not be ruled out of the Champions League because of allegations of irregularities in the continental financial competition.
The EU is investigating allegations last month, according to the German newspaper Der Spiegel, that Malic Citigroup has overestimated the value of the sponsors' product in order to comply with financial fair play regulations. Citi responded that some information had been "hacked" and confirmed that he was the victim of a "clear and organized attempt" to discredit the club.
If he is found guilty of breaking the rules, he will be subject to the exclusion of the Champions League. Guardiola, who took over City for the continental title, said he was calm in the face of the situation. "We will not be excluded," he told the British media. That's what I think because I trust my boss (Khaldoun Al Mubarak) and the chief executive (Ferran Soriano) and that's what they told me. I trust them. " "If this happens because the European Union has decided to do it, we will accept it and move on."
The French club Paris Saint-Germain strongly denied the information that it was ready to give up one of the Brazilian stars Neymar or Kélian Mbabé in order to avoid penalties from the European Football Confederation for violation of the rules of fair play. In the summer of 2017, St Germain, owned by Qatar Sports Investments, has signed a 222 million euro deal with Neymar of Barcelona and with Mbabi of Monaco (ready for a season followed by a transfer permanent) for an amount of 180 million euros.
The French sports daily L'Equipe announced Friday that the club was ready to give up one of the most expensive players in the world to avoid being sanctioned by the continental consortium.
But the club responded with a statement in which he vehemently denied "these false and ridiculous allegations", claiming that he was able to create an "atmosphere of tension" between him and the most important sports newspaper from France, and one of the most important sports media in the world. The group strongly criticized the team for its cover, questioning about a "schizophrenic" condition within its editorial staff. The club had opened an investigation into Saint Germain after the signing of Mbabi and Neymar before announcing in June that it would not impose sanctions on the club and that the latter would not have broken the rules in 2015, 2016 and 2017. However, the union returned in September and announced that it would request an "additional investigation" on the possible violation of fair play by the champions of France.
In November, the union announced that the measure had been suspended pending the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following an appeal by the club. The rules of the European Union on the clean financial game stipulate that no club should spend more than one season and that its budget deficit does not exceed 30 million euros over three years. Penalties for the violation of the pecuniary sanction will be excluded from continental competitions.

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