Guardiola slams Ceferin over financial probe claims

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has slammed Aleksander Ceferin after the UEFA president claimed European football's governing body was right to punish the Premier League champions for financial breaches.
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UEFA banned Manchester City from European competition for two years in February 2020 for breaching its Financial Fair Play rules, but the ban was later overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. CAS found that some of the charges against City were "not established" and others were time-barred.
Ceferin remains adamant his organisation was correct, telling the 'Daily Telegraph' on Thursday: "We know we were right. We wouldn't decide if we didn't think we were right."
The Slovenian's remarks came as City await a Premier League hearing after being charged with 115 breaches of their domestic competition's profit and sustainability rules.
A furious Guardiola said that by speaking out now, Ceferin had not respected City's ongoing process with the Premier League. "As the lawyer that he is, as president of UEFA, he should wait - and after do whatever he wants," he told reporters on Thursday.
"He has to respect it and he has to wait. He has a lot of jobs to do at UEFA. A lawyer should respect the procedure. He knows we have the right to defend ourselves."
Ceferin remains adamant his organisation was correct, telling the 'Daily Telegraph' on Thursday: "We know we were right. We wouldn't decide if we didn't think we were right."
The Slovenian's remarks came as City await a Premier League hearing after being charged with 115 breaches of their domestic competition's profit and sustainability rules.
A furious Guardiola said that by speaking out now, Ceferin had not respected City's ongoing process with the Premier League. "As the lawyer that he is, as president of UEFA, he should wait - and after do whatever he wants," he told reporters on Thursday.
"He has to respect it and he has to wait. He has a lot of jobs to do at UEFA. A lawyer should respect the procedure. He knows we have the right to defend ourselves."
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