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Manchester City President Khaldoon Al Mubarak said Monday that his club holds no grudge against UEFA after the fierce war to overturn the Champions League ban.
The governing framework of European football hit City with a two-season suspension of continental competitions in February for alleged violations of the monetary rules of fair play, but the ban was overulled last month through the Court of Arbitration.
City had already had a complicated relationship with UEFA even before the penalty and their coach Pep Guardiola said the Premier League team deserved an apology following the CAS verdict.
But Khaldoon to refquer the shock to history and forge more powerful ties with UEFA.
“Life is too short for grudges,” he told the City’s website.
“It’s a competition. It is one of the most prestigious competitions in world sport.
“It’s a festival we have to win and it’s a festival we have to respect to win. It was a challenge. It’s us, the end of the story for me.
“I’m focusing on one thing, how can this club participate in this festival and win it, and how to have a constructive relationship with UEFA. I think it’s the only way forward. “
City’s last to win the Champions League for the first time ended in a surprise quarter-final loss to Lyon in Lisbon earlier this month.
Guardiola’s men also finished 18 issues, Premier League champion Liverpool, ending their two-year reign in the most sensitive of English football.
City responded to a frustrating season, in which their only prize was the League Cup, signing Dutch defender Nathan Ake of Bournemouth and Spanish winger Ferran Torres of Valencia.
They have been connected to Napoli central Kalidou Koulibaly after their defensive difficulties last season.
Although the city’s president has set some goals, he has made it clear that Guardiola’s review is still over after the tight season outings of David Silva, Leroy Sane and Claudio Bravo.
“We are not taking a one-year vision, we are taking a vision of three, five, ten years and when we look at the adjustments or innovations we want to make to this team, we will do them and “We will not be practical and pragmatic about it, but we will do the right thing,” Khaldoon said.
“I think you’ve noticed about the two acquisitions made, Ake and Ferran Torres, moved quickly.
“Obviously we knew the players, those were our goals and when the opportunity presented, we were going to come in very temporarily and very temporarily and do this job.
“There are more players that we will bring in and we will clearly stick to the plan in the realities of the market we are in today. “
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