Soccer-Man City CEO tells EFC board financial case still not public

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COPENHAGEN, Sept 28 (Reuters) - ⁠Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano insisted that no decision had been ⁠made public in the club's financial case when addressing the European Football ‌Clubs board on Monday, a source familiar with the discussions told Reuters.

Soriano, who sits on EFC's board, also declined to comment to reporters onCity being found guilty of 114 of 115 alleged breaches of the ​Premier League's financial rules, according to media reports ⁠confirmed to Reuters by a source ⁠familiar with the situation.

City are expected to appeal and have consistently denied wrongdoing.

The case ⁠will ‌provide one backdrop to the General Assembly, which brings together some 500 of the 850 members of the EFC in Copenhagen for Tuesday's meetingand comes ⁠at a time when governance questions are also dominating debate ​at the top of ‌the world game.

EFC chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi is due to address delegates, with ⁠UEFA President Aleksander ​Ceferin also attending. FIFA President Gianni Infantino was invited but is very unlikely to be presentwith the FIFA delegation expected to be represented by Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom.

At global level, Infantino ⁠has proposed an independent external review of FIFA's ​governance and decision-making after the collapse of a plan to bring private investment into its commercial rights business, a proposal that triggered resistance from several confederations and national associations.

The debate ⁠has raised broader questions about how major decisions are taken, how much power rests with FIFA's leadership and what role clubs, leagues, confederations and national associations should have in shaping the game.

The City case adds a domestic dimension to the same debate, ​focusing attention on financial regulation, enforcement and the relationship between ⁠powerful clubs and governing bodies.

No sanction has yet been announced and the process is ​not complete.

Ceferin's presence will add further weight to the ‌general assembly, with UEFA itself central to ​the wider debate over governance, regulation and the balance of power across European and world football.

(Reporting by Julien Pretot and Lori EwingEditing by Christian Radnedge)

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哥本哈根，9 月 28 日（路透社）——一位熟悉讨论情况的消息人士告诉路透社，曼城首席执行官费兰·索里亚诺周一在向欧洲足球俱乐部董事会发表讲话时坚称，俱乐部的财务状况尚未做出任何公开决定。

据媒体报道，埃弗顿足球俱乐部董事会成员索里亚诺拒绝就曼城被指控违反英超联赛财务规则 115 项中的 114 项一事向记者发表评论。路透社从一位熟悉情况的消息人士处证实了这一消息。

预计市政府将提起上诉，并一直否认存在不当行为。

该案件将为周二在哥本哈根举行的欧洲足球联合会（EFC）850个成员中的约500个成员大会提供一个背景，而此时，治理问题也主导着世界顶级足球界的辩论。

欧足联主席纳赛尔·阿尔赫莱菲将向与会代表致辞，欧足联主席亚历山大·塞弗林也将出席。国际足联主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺已受邀，但他极有可能不会到场，预计国际足联代表团将由秘书长马蒂亚斯·格拉夫斯特伦代表出席。

在全球层面，因凡蒂诺提议对国际足联的管理和决策进行独立的外部审查。此前，一项将私人投资引入其商业权利业务的计划失败，这一提议引发了几个足协和国家协会的抵制。

这场辩论引发了更广泛的问题，例如重大决策是如何做出的，国际足联领导层拥有多大的权力，以及俱乐部、联赛、联合会和国家协会在塑造这项运动中应该扮演什么角色。

伦敦金融城的案例为这场辩论增添了国内层面，使人们的注意力集中在金融监管、执法以及强大的俱乐部与管理机构之间的关系上。

目前尚未宣布任何制裁措施，程序也尚未完成。

塞弗林的出席将为大会增添更多分量，而欧足联本身在更广泛的关于欧洲和世界足球的治理、监管和权力平衡的辩论中处于核心地位。

（朱利安·普雷托和洛里·尤因报道，克里斯蒂安·拉德内奇编辑）

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