Manchester City | Champions League
Manchester City | Champions League
Manchester City could face a huge punishment from UEFA if their appeal against the guilty verdict on 114 financial breaches fails.
The English club have been locked in a legal battle with the Premier League since February 2023, and were on the receiving end of a scathing statement from the league along with the guilty verdict in September 2026.
Man City are accused of serious breaches of Premier League financial rules over a nine-year period from 2009 to 2018. As an appeal has been lodged and City maintain their innocence, everyone is now waiting for the final outcome.
Man City Facing Lengthy UEFA Suspension
2026 UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin looks annoyed during the 50th Ordinary UEFA Congress event
2026 UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin looks annoyed during the 50th Ordinary UEFA Congress event
Should the guilty verdict stick, the next bridge to cross will be what sanctions will be imposed on the eight-time Premier League champions. Sanctions discussed include large fines, transfer bans, point deductions, titles being stripped and even relegation.
Immediate action will be taken by the Premier League as the club's future in English football will take priority. However, it will also leave UEFA in a position where a decision must be made.
The Etihad Stadium, the home of Manchester City
The Etihad Stadium, the home of Manchester City
City could theoretically work their way back into the Premier League if they are relegated initially, and then go back to competing for Champions League, Europa League or Conference League qualification.
But Colombian journalist Cesar Augusto Londono has claimed on X that Europe's governing body UEFA are ready to impose a lengthy ban on the 2023 Champions League winners.
If that is the action taken, it would mean City wouldn't be eligible to play in any European football for up to a decade, regardless of their Premier League punishment.
Alan Brazil 'Leaked' Man City's Punishment
Man City
Man City
While any potential sanctions will have to wait until the appeal is heard, people within the media and football world have already been discussing what they've heard.
TalkSPORT presenter and former Scotland international Alan Brazil shared what he'd been told about City's Premier League punishment. Speaking in early October, Brazil said a 60-point deduction had been suggested to him: