It had been rumored for a while UEFA had been becoming increasingly frustrated with Manchester City, not only for possible breaches of Financial Fair Play regulations between 2012 and 2016 but for the club’s reluctance to cooperate with its investigation. Just how irritated became clear on Friday as Man City was banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons and fined €30 million ($32.5 million).
The action is based on allegations published in the German magazine Der Spiegel in November 2018, resulting from the leaking of emails and documents by a hacker at the time known only as John.