‘CLUB VERY CONCERNED BY REPORTS’

LONDON:PREMIER League champions Manchester City said on Tuesday they were concerned “individuals intent on damaging” the club may be behind a news report that European football’s financial regulators are poised to recommend they be barred from the Champions League.

City said they were fully co-operating with “the CFCB IC’S (club financial control body investigatory chamber) ongoing investigation”. “In doing so the club is reliant on both the

CFCB IC’S independence and commitment to due process; and on UEFA’S commitment of March 7 that it ‘will make no further comment on the matter while the investigation is ongoing’,” read their statement.