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Man City are SLAMMED by UEFA
MANCHESTER CITY were last night hit hard by UEFA for breaching Financial Fair Play rules - with a limit on transfers and a wage freeze for next season.
The sanctions include:
- A limit of £49million on new signings this summer, only increased by money they receive from player sales.
- Their wage bill for the next two seasons must stay the same as this season.
- A fine of nearly £50m - £32m of which will be returned to City if they break even over the next two years.
- They can only name a 21-man squad for the Champions League next season, instead of 25, with eight being "home-grown".
- City can only lose £17m next season and just £8.5m the following year.
Manuel Pellegrini's plans to bring in players, believed to be Arsenal's Bacary Sagna and Porto's Eliaquim Mangala and Fernando, were thought to be well advanced.