City believe technicality will prevent Uefa sanction

City believe technicality will prevent Uefa sanction Manchester City's refusal to accept sanctions for breaching Uefa's financial fair play (FFP) rules may be because the club believe they only failed on a technicality, financial analyst Ed Thompson believes.

City are contesting Uefa's settlement offer of sanctions entailing a £49 million (€60m) fine, a cut in the size of their Champions League A squad next season to 21 and a freeze on that squad's wage bill. Thompson, who runs financialfairplay.co.uk, thinks the club only failed to comply because they were unable to write off up to £80m in wages earned by players signed before the FFP rules were announced in 2010. City have until the end of the week to reach agree- ment or the case will go to a non-negotiable decision by a panel next week.

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City believe technicality will prevent Uefa sanction