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Alla Zakarian
25-03-2020 | 11:20 • Football
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Manchester City's Premier League rivals such as Liverpool and Manchester United launch reported legal bid to stop them playing in Europe
Eight of the Premier League's current top 10 have reportedly launched a joint bid to Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to prevent Manchester City's Champions League ban being stayed should the club ask for it while the appeal is ongoing.
Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal are reportedly among the clubs.
City are banned from playing in Europe for two years after UEFA found the club guilty of serious breaches of the financial fair play regulations.
Pep Guardiola's side have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against their ban.
However, rivals fear that City could ask to have their sentence delayed while the appeal is ongoing and that could see Pep Guardiola's side compete in next season's Champions League.
In a bid to prevent that happening, eight of the Premier League's current top 10 have submitted a joint application to the CAS, according to the Daily Mail.
Apart from City, the other top-10 club not included in the application is Sheffield United.
One source close to the application was quoted by the Mail saying: "The feeling is that enough is enough For too long, City have been able to get away with breaching the rules at the expense of at least one other club that has been unable to get into the Champions League. The fear is that they will be able to delay any punishment."
Source: Daily Mail
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