Pep Guardiola will personally write a letter to English football’s governing body to explain his reasons for wearing a yellow ribbon in support of Catalan independence.
The Manchester City manager was charged on Friday after ignoring two formal warnings since December, and has until next Monday to respond.
Guardiola is likely to be fined for wearing the ribbon on the touchline in City’s shock FA Cup defeat to Wigan, but faces a ban if he continues to commit the same offence. He wore it again during Sunday’s Carabao Cup final win over Arsenal and afterwards vowed to keep doing so.