Pep Guardiola said that Manchester City bosses are more confident in their fight with the Premier League than they were with UEFA.
The Blues would have been banned from the Champions League three years ago if UEFA had their way, but the club went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in appeal and the decision was completely overturned. City were forced to pay a fine for not co-operating with the investigation, yet the unambiguous ruling was that they "did not disguise equity funding as sponsorship contributions".
City have now been hit with a fresh set of allegations from the Premier League, who have claimed that the club have broken over 100 rules over nearly a decade of misrepresenting their financial position. A commission will be set up to hear the evidence of both sides before ruling on a decision.
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Guardiola spoke with club chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak and CEO Ferran Soriano this week about the latest allegations, although the manager gave the impression that he did not have to hear for long given they are broadly accused of the same offences. Given they achieved what they wanted to from the CAS verdict, there is an upbeat mood among the City executives.
"The same one happened with UEFA," said Guardiola. "I would say they are more confident, maybe they have more experience and more information.
"They have a lot of pages that they present to UEFA that they are now introducing against the Premier League. So I said do everyone, continue to do a good job, the players do the job, the doctors, the physios and everyone is going to do the job."
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