Manchester City President Khaldoon Al Mubarak said his club was looking to expand a “constructive relationship” with European football’s governing body, UEFA, after the end of its sour legal war over monetary rules.
UEFA had banned City from European festivals for two years after deciding that it had infringed the rules of fair monetary play (FFP), but City won an appeal last month to have the verdict and penalty overturned.
However, the Premier League club fined 10 million euros ($11. 84 million) for not cooperating with UEFA’s investigation into its monetary statements.
City had strongly condemned the investigation, but in an interview with the club’s online page on Monday, Khaldoon took on a different tone by focusing on the UEFA Champions League, where Pep Guardiola’s team eliminated in the quarter-finals through Lyon.
“Life is too short to hold a grudge. It’s a vital festival. It’s one of the most prestigious festivals in the game world and it’s a festival we have to win and it’s a festival that we have to respect to win,” he said. .
“And it was a challenge, it’s us, end of story as far as I’m concerned, I’m aiming for one thing. How can I help this club participate in this festival and win it and how to make a constructive relationship with UEFA, I think it is the only way forward ».
The City has already been busy in the movement market, bringing defenseman Nathan Ake from Bournemouth for 40 million pounds and 20-year Spanish winger Ferran Torres of Valencia in a 20 million pound deal.
Khaldoon said the club had moved temporarily to close the deals, but added that new faces may come.
“We’re taking a one-year vision, we’re taking a vision of three, five years, ten years and when we look at the adjustments or innovations we want to make to this team, we’re going to do them and we’re going to be practical and pragmatic about it, but we’re going to do the right thing,” he said.
“There are other players that we’re going to incorporate and stick to the plan, obviously in the realities of the market we’re in today,” he said.
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