There’s a rule clubs owned by the same owners cannot be in the same UEFA competition, and Girona and Manchester City are both owned by the same football group owned by a Qatari. So, would Girona not be allowed or would neither be allowed? Or would they be given an exception like RB Leipzig and RB salzburg?
They would do some bureaucratic tricks to make sure both participate.
A few seasons back both Energy Drink FC teams were not only in the same competition, but even in the same group.
So if that was allowed, I don’t see any issues with any of these types of situations in the future.
Energy Drink FC… I love it
There was some creative restructuring of the ownership model with the RB clubs.
I used to manage both club in fm for tough fixtures, these fxkers are doing that irl
They were already cleared no?
Milan + OGC Nice – same owners but both allowed this season, so…
Mate mayb check out your facts before making a claim…. They are not the same people.
My bad got mixed up between Toulouse & Milan
And on the other side Ineos (owners of Nice) were interesting in buying a minority stake in United. But the point stands re- multi club ownership and participation in UCL
No problem…honest mistake. In the case of Nice and United… seems Ineos would owe nice while Ratcliffe who is an individual would have a share in Utd which is a way around.
However, you are right about multi club ownership, it’s up to UEFA to stop this but however it’s all about money and city will find a way:
They meant Toulouse but yeah
Brighton & Union are both in the EL so it looks that way
I think they’d get away with it the same way Manchester City have gotten away with the 100+ violations of FFP.
Or maybe they will allow Girona and not City to compete
Why not, as long aw MC doesn’t qualify
A little payment to the UEFA executive pension pot would resolve any potential issue
Its City. They’ll get away with it.
If they can get away with 115 charges they can get away with having their feeder club play in the UCL. Depressing but true.
Toulouse and AC milan, leipzig and salzbourg all play in european football despite having the same owners. They can definetly if they are willing to change their administrative structure.
Toulouse and AC Milan have the same owner but they don’t play in the same european competition so it’s allowed.
But potentially they can easily play in same competition but nobody will stop them anyway. Same applies for Brighton and Royale Union already, dirty cheaters.
Neither are owned by a Qatari btw…