La Liga president Javier Tebas believes it has taken too long for Manchester City to be punished for what he believes are long-standing breaches of financial rules.
Tebas has led criticisms of City's spending, along with that of Paris Saint-Germain, but the Blues were cleared of any wrongdoing by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2020 after UEFA sanctioned them for multiple breaches of Financial Fair Play Regulations following an internal investigation. City are now subject to Premier League charges for over 100 alleged breaches of financial rules, with the club again completely denying any wrongdoing.
Speaking at the Financial Times Business of Football Summit, Tebas said 'appropriate decisions will have to be made' against City if they are found guilty of the new charges. He also recalled City's supposedly-angry response to his initial criticisms against the Blues in 2017.
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"In 2017 in a forum organized in Manchester, I already criticized PSG and City. Ferran Soriano [City CEO] asked me to go to the club's facilities, he was angry with me. That was 2017 and now it is 2023 and nothing has moved on, but suddenly there is an inquiry.
"This case, which in my opinion has taken too long. We know there was an alleged breach of 100 articles, so any decisions will have to be adopted accordingly by the Premier League.
"One of the worst things about financial controls is if you don’t follow or comply with it."
Tebas also referred to the 2020 verdict at CAS that saw City's UEFA sanctions and two-year Champions League ban overturned, suggesting the appeals process should be reviewed to avoid such decisions in future.
He said: "City and PSG were sanctioned by UEFA without being able to play in European competitions and the CAS was the one that changed it. Perhaps we have to review the role of the CAS in all this. There should really be an arbitration tribunal."
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