Man City is still fined, but it is reduced to 10 million euros instead of 30 million euros (about 32.5 million USD) like UEFA’s penalty.

Man City and Pep Guardiola will appear in the Champions League next season.

CAS’s announcement reads: `After the hearing, which took place on June 8, 9 and 10, CAS concluded that the decision was made by the Disciplinary Department of the UEFA Club Financial Inspection Committee on June 8, 2019.

– Man City violated Article 56 of the Club’s Financial Fairness and Licensing Regulations.

– Man City will pay a fine of 10 million euros (equivalent to 11 million USD) to UEFA, within 30 days of this ruling being issued.`

Article 56 that CAS mentioned relates to Man City’s refusal to cooperate with UEFA’s financial control agency during the investigation process.

Very quickly, Man City announced on the club’s website: `While Man City and our legal advisors have not carefully reviewed the entire CAS ruling, the Club welcomes the main ideas of this decision. That is

With the decision of CAS, the top 4 Premier League players will participate in the Champions League as usual, while the fifth and sixth ranked teams will play the Europa League.

Man City escaped the worry of key players leaving because of the ban from participating in the Champions League.

The accusations against Man City originated from the German newspaper Spiegel.

Man City does not admit mistakes.

In mid-February 2020, UEFA banned Man City from participating in the European Cup for two seasons because of `serious violations` of Financial Fairness laws.

On February 26, Man City appealed to CAS.

CAS made the decision quite late because the working process was affected by Covid-19.

In this season’s Champions League, Man City won 2-1 against Real Madrid in the first leg of the 1/8 round away from home and is waiting for the return leg in August.