Ceferin insists European governing body 'was right' to ban Man City

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin believes European football's governing body was 'right' to expel Manchester City from European competition for breaching its Financial Fairplay regulations (FFP).

City were handed a two-year ban from European competition and fined £25million in February 2020 after they were found guilty of breaking FFP rules and of misleading UEFA.

The ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport seven months later, but City now face potential action from the Premier League.

Last season's Treble winner were charged by the League with an extraordinary 115 alleged breaches of financial regulations in February last year, following a five-year investigation which began in 2018.

While Ceferin would not be drawn on the Premier League's investigation, he remained adamant UEFA's Club Financial Control Body made the right call four years ago.

'We know we were right,' he told The Telegraph.

'We wouldn’t decide if we didn’t think we were right.'

City, who have steadfastly denied any wrongdoing, had their ban overturned by CAS on the grounds some of the accusations were unproven and some of the evidence against them was time-barred.

While Ceferin respects CAS' decision, he maintains the verdict reached by UEFA was correct.

'I don’t want to speak about the case in England,' he added.

'But I trust that the decision of our independent body was correct. I didn’t enter into this decision.'

The Premier League have previously accused City of using delaying tactics to stall their investigation, but Richard Masters confirmed last week a date had been set for the trial.

The Premier League chief executive, however, refused to say when it will take place.

Mail Sport revealed in November that the Premier League and City had