Ferran Soriano became Manchester City's chief executive in 2012Manchester City's "serious breaches" of Uefa's club licensing and financial fair play regulations are "simply not true", says chief executive Ferran Soriano. "At the end, this is an internal process that has been initiated and then prosecuted and then judged by this FFP [financial fair play] chamber at Uefa." Reports alleged City - who have always denied wrongdoing - deliberately misled Uefa so they could meet financial fair play rules requiring clubs to break even. Soriano added the club was hoping for an "early resolution" through a "thorough process and a fair process". "They are calm, they are focused and this matter is more a business matter, a legal matter than a football matter."

Source: BBC February 19, 2020 13:13 UTC