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Manchester City BANNED from Champions League for the next TWO seasons and are fined £25m as UEFA announce stunning sanctions after 'serious breaches' of Financial Fair Play regulations

UEFA have banned Manchester City from the Champions League for the next two seasons.

The Premier League champions have also been fined 30 million euros for what European football's governing body say are 'serious breaches' of their club licensing and Financial Fair Play regulations which they committed by 'overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to UEFA between 2012 and 2016'.

In a stunning move, Uefa also said City failed to co-operate with an investigation into the matter launched by its Club Financial Control Body.

Manchester City have been banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons
Manchester City have been banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons
UEFA's decision will come as a significant blow to City and their manager Pep Guardiola
UEFA's decision will come as a significant blow to City and their manager Pep Guardiola

Uefa launched a probe after documents obtained by a hacker and published in German media suggested the club had falsely inflated sponsorship deals with firms with firms linked to their Abu Dhabi ownership in an alleged attempt to circumvent Uefa's FFP rules.