Manchester City could face a multi-year ban from European competition, up to seven or ten years, if claims of a possible sanction from UEFA are confirmed. However, this information has not been officially confirmed by European football's governing body and there is no published decision foreseeing such a punishment.
The claim was published by Colombian journalist Cesar Augusto Londono, who wrote that UEFA could be close to a decision that would exclude the English club from the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League for a period of seven to ten years. So far, however, there has been no official confirmation of the existence of such a procedure or the extent of the rumored measure.
The English club is at the centre of one of the biggest disciplinary cases in European football, following the decision of an independent Premier League commission, published on 29 September 2026. The commission found Manchester City liable for serious breaches of financial rules over nine seasons, from 2009-2010 to 2017-2018, including the presentation of inaccurate financial statements and the use of sponsorship deals that, according to the findings, inaccurately represented commercial relationships.
City have contested the panel's findings and have lodged an appeal, claiming that the decision contains fundamental errors. According to the Premier League, the appeal process will be conducted confidentially until the publication of the result is permitted. A final sanction has not yet been announced in the matter.
Manchester City have faced a ban from European competition before. In February 2020, UEFA banned the club for two seasons and fined them €30 million for breaching financial fair play rules. However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the ban in July of that year, after finding that there was insufficient evidence to support some of the findings and that some claims were time-barred. The fine was reduced to €10 million.
