Manchester City have been handed another brutal punishment message due to their alleged 114 financial breaches
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Manchester City have been sent another clear punishment verdict (Image: Getty)
La Liga president Javier Tebas wants to see Manchester City given the strongest possible sanctions for their alleged 114 financial breaches. The outcome of the Premier League's investigation was leaked last Friday with the club found guilty on all but one charge and as such, Tebas has called for the independent commission to hand out a significant punishment.
Speaking at the FIFPRO performance summit in London, he said: “I don’t know the exact rules, but I believe it should be the strictest punishment in the Premier League regulations regarding this matter. “It should be a punishment intended to set an example.
"This isn’t a matter of a father and his children – it is a punishment to ensure rules are followed. And violating the rules for over 10 years – no matter how minor the infractions – is a very serious matter. Therefore it has to be a severe punishment for the non-compliance. Not just to set an example, but because the rules were broken.
“We have to decide whether we strive for sustainable, clean football across all competitions or, as many clubs are now saying, we accept that championships were lost to other clubs when they shouldn’t have been.
"What’s happened is hugely significant and hopefully marks a turning point, not just for the Premier League but for European football as a whole because the ‘Manchester effect’ was felt right across Europe.” Tebas is an active campaigner against financial doping in sport which certainly explains his steadfast approach to City's alleged rule breaks.
La Liga president Javier Tebas
Javier Tebas has made his feelings clear on Manchester City's alleged 114 financial breaches (Image: Getty)
The club are planning to appeal the verdict from an eight-week hearing that took place in late 2024. City have already been successful in a similar scenario after a two-year UEFA ban imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was oveturned.
In light of the verdict against the Premier League for breaking their regulations, Tebas wants to see the UEFA case looked at again. He said: "In my opinion, the CAS decisions should be re-examined, specifically when they cleared City, or rather lifted the sanction UEFA had imposed, because those sanctions were lifted in a very questionable manner,” Tebas said.
“And now it has been proven that UEFA was right regarding the sanctions against Manchester City.” City chiefs Ferran Soriano and Khaldoon Al Mubarak have both commented on last week's media reports and hinted that it will be some time before the case is complete.