Aleksander Ceferin, the head of UEFA, maintains that Manchester City’s expulsion from European competition was “right” due to the team’s violation of Financial Fairplay (FFP) standards.

In February 2020, City received a £25 million punishment and a two-year ban from European participation after it was determined that they had violated FFP regulations and misled UEFA.

Seven months later, the Court of Arbitration for Sport reversed the ban, although the Premier League may now take legal action against City.

Additionally, Ceferin says he recognizes the frustration felt by rival teams and supporters due to the protracted legal process.

Aleksander Ceferin believes UEFA were right to ban Manchester City from European competitions back in 2020

The two-year ban was reversed by CAS and City won the Treble last season

Ceferin (right) is adamant UEFA lawyers made the right call but respects CAS’ verdict

The League charged the Treble-winners of the previous season with an astounding 115 alleged financial regulation violations in February of last year. This came after a five-year inquiry that started in 2018.

Even though Ceferin wouldn’t discuss the Premier League’s inquiry, he insisted that UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body made the correct decision four years prior and that they will be found not guilty.

“We acknowledge our error,” he stated to The Telegraph. If we didn’t believe we were correct, we wouldn’t make a decision.

“I think our independent body made the right decision.”

CAS reversed City’s suspension on the basis that part of the charges against them were unfounded and some of the evidence had expired, despite the fact that City had adamantly denied any wrongdoing.

Richard Masters revealed last week that a trial date had been set, despite the Premier League’s prior accusations that City was using delay tactics to postpone their own probe.

But the top executive of the Premier League declined to specify the date.

In November, Mail Sport reported that the Premier League and City had decided to start the biggest disciplinary action in the history of the competition in the fall of 2024.

The charges that City has recently faced against Everton and Nottingham Forest have increased pressure on the Premier League to go forward with their probe.

In November of last year, the Toffees received a 10-point punishment for violating the profit and sustainability (PSR) standards of the Premier League.

They were both charged for the same offense earlier this month, so they could now be subject to another point reduction alongside Forest.

City face 115 charges of alleged financial breaches from the Premier League

Pep Guardiola’s side deny any wrongdoing and previously insisted that they have ‘irrefutable evidence’ to back their case

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said last week a date for the trial was set

Given the status of City’s legal challenge, Ceferin expressed empathy for the frustration felt by Everton and Forest supporters.

He clarified, “I don’t want to enter into this concrete process because I don’t know what the Premier League is dealing with, but they want to know what’s going on and what the consequences are.”

“I truly don’t want to be critical or say anything of that kind.” It would not be equitable.

Masters was asked if he understood the fans’ dissatisfaction with the City inquiry last week when he appeared before MPs at a Culture, Media, and Sport select committee meeting.

Indeed, he said, “but those are very different charges.”

“We are dealing with a whole different set of charges against Manchester City in terms of volume and character.”