News of Manchester City’s two-season Champions League ban hit the front pages around Spain, Italy and Germany
“Better late than never,” declared Javier Tebas, the president of La Liga. “At last Uefa is taking decisive measures. Imposing financial fair play rules and punishing financial doping is essential for the future of football.” For Tebas, this was vindication and also just the start: he has long denounced what he calls “state-clubs”, and he wants moves against PSG too. For others in Spain, the focus was turned more towards the immediate implications, although the news was equally huge: it was front page everywhere, exclamation marks underlining the shock. “City, out of Europe!” said Marca. AS went for “OUT”, in English. “Blow for City: two years without the Champions!” said Sport. “Jaque al jeque,” ran the cover of El Mundo Deportivo: check against the sheik.
Written by Sid Lowe, Nicky Bandini, Andy Brassell and Adam White
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/15/better-late-than-never-european-reaction-to-manchester-city-champions-league-ban under the title “‘Better late than never’: European reaction to Manchester City’s ban”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
