Manchester City will not be forced into a fire sale of their top players if a two-year Champions League ban remains in place and could even benefit financially from their time out of Europe, according to a top football finance expert.
City, who are appealing against UEFA’s judgment to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, will lose tens of millions in revenue for each season outside the competition.
Manager Pep Guardiola and CEO Ferran Soriano are both confident City will be in the Champions League again next season.
And it is claimed that working within different Financial Fair Play rules in the Premier League will remove the need to sell players.