Manchester City will defeat hopeless UEFA in their appeal against the club’s European ban for breaching “nonsense” Financial Fair Play rules, according to Gary Neville.
Gary believes they will both be drawn into a long court dispute that will last a long time, but City will be successful in their quest to revoke the punishment eventually.
According to him, he has zero faith in UEFA because they are a hopeless organization that just dish out meaningless disciplinary sanctions for several things.
He added that FFP is the wrong way to apply the financial rules and there are other ways to go about things.
His words, “I think City will beat UEFA, I’ve got no faith in UEFA whatsoever,”
“They are a hopeless organisation who just apply erratic disciplinary sanctions for different things.
“I think it will get stuck in the courts for some time, but City will win in the end.”
“I’ve always felt FFP is the wrong way to apply the financial rules,”
“FFP was brought in to stop clubs going bust, but there are different ways of achieving that.
“In all other forms of business there are bank guarantees, bonds or owner’s pledges. If owners sign up to contracts then they should have the money in place to be able fulfil those contracts. I think Man City’s owners have got that.
“There should be a fit and proper owners’ test and coverage of obligation, two things that should absolutely happen in every football club. FFP is a nonsense as far as I’m concerned.
“We are essentially saying that we can create a status quo in Europe, like a franchise. I think a lot of the top clubs in Europe would take football towards a franchise-type model if we didn’t have owners who would be willing to invest in other clubs.
“There are horror stories of owners investing in clubs and not following through with their commitments, that’s got to be stopped. But there are other ways of stopping that without applying FFP.
“To suggest that Man City could ever catch Man Utd through sustainable, organic growth is absolute nonsense. The only way they could get to level playing field is through owner investment.”
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