No UEFA statement has been issued, no document has been published, and no formal timeline exists. The entire “10-year ban” story rests on a single post by one broadcaster with a large following.
Londoño, who has around a million X followers, wrote on 15 October that UEFA is “reportedly close to announcing” an expulsion of seven to 10 years from the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League if City’s appeal fails. UK outlets amplified the claim within hours.
TeamTalk notes that Londoño’s claim “has not been backed up elsewhere” and that he did not state the number of charges correctly. Nothing out of UEFA’s Nyon headquarters has corroborated the post.
114 of 115 charges stuck
An independent Premier League commission found Manchester City guilty of 114 of 115 charges in late September, the Premier League said in its statement. That covered all 80 counts of financial wrongdoing and 34 of 35 counts of failing to cooperate with the investigation.
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The alleged breaches span the 2009-10 to 2017-18 seasons. The commission found that City disguised more than £900m of equity funding from the club’s Abu Dhabi ownership as sponsorship income.
City have said they will appeal.
The appeal does not reach CAS
The appeal goes to a new three-person panel under Premier League rules, not to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). City can in theory challenge the fairness of the process in England’s High Court, but there is no automatic external appeal route this time.
Finance analyst Kieran Maguire has suggested the Premier League’s formal sanctions announcement could follow within roughly 12 weeks of the verdict. UEFA cannot formally act until that sporting process has reached a final finding, which realistically puts any European sanctions decision into 2027.
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CAS overturned the last UEFA ban in 2020
The last time UEFA tried to ban City, in February 2020, CAS overturned the two-season ban five months later and reduced the sanction to a €10m fine for failing to cooperate. That precedent is the reason the live UEFA question is less whether a 10-year sanction could be announced and more whether one could survive an international legal challenge.
The governing body has not acknowledged Londoño’s post.
City are still active in the current Champions League league phase, where they lost 4-2 to Paris Saint-Germain on 14 October. No UEFA restriction applies while the Premier League appeal is still being prepared.
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