25 the one, 2024, 1:41 PM ET
UEFA’s top executive stated that they were right to exclude City from European competitions in 2020, a sanction that the CAS later annulled
Pep Guardiola has suggested that Alexander Ceferin You should know not to judge Manchester City after the president of the UEFA claimed that Europe’s governing body was right to exclude the club from European competitions in 2020.
City was suspended in February 2020 so the UEFA called “serious violations” of the rules of the Financial Fair Play.
It was finally annulled in June 2020 by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), although Ceferina former lawyer, said that at UEFA “they know we are right.”
Aleksander Ceferin, president of UEFA, greets Pep Guardiola AP Photo/Manu Fernandez
His comments, given in an interview with The Telegraphoccur while the City also fights against the accusations of the Premier League that the club is breaching its own financial rules.
“As a lawyer and president of the UEFA“I should wait and then do what I want,” he said. Guardiolaasked about the comments of Ceferin.
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“You have to respect it and wait. You have a lot of work to do in the UEFA. “A lawyer must respect the procedure and understand that we have the right to defend ourselves.”
Meanwhile, Guardiola He says he hopes Kalvin Phillips get the playing time “you deserve” in the West Ham as his loan move to the London Stadium approaches.
Phillips will move on until the end of the season after being limited to just two Premier League starts in 18 months at City.
“The club told me that it was not done yet, but he traveled [a Londres] to get a medical exam, but it wasn’t completely done,” he said. Guardiola. “It’s going to be a six-month loan and I hope he can play the minutes he deserves and that I couldn’t give him.
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“I wish him the best. I have said it many times, an exceptional human being and a great football player, otherwise he would not be in the national team. Hopefully he can improve what he is.”
Guardiola will not be able to count on Erling Haaland for the trip City to London to face Tottenham in the FA Cup fourth round on Friday, but John Stones is in line to return.
“He [Haaland] is about to come back,” he said Guardiola. “Tomorrow [contra el Tottenham] It’s not ready but it’s close. “The training camp was good, he had some sessions, the last few days he trained there, but it is not perfect and we will wait a little longer.”
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