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Manchester City could be denied a spot in next year's Champions League if Girona can cap their remarkable season by winning La Liga.
(Providing the don't get banned anyway for FFP irregularities)

The Premier League title holders - and reigning European champions - have qualified for Europe's premier competition for 13 successive years now and have reached the knockout phase of said tournament for the last 11 years in a row. A Champions League campaign without Manchester City has been, in the modern era at least, unthinkable.

But the club's multi-model ownership and UEFA regulations mean that sister club Girona could prevent Pep Guardiola's side from competing in the competition next year if they win the Spanish title and City fail to win the Premier League, as outlined by ESPN.
As things stand, City are currently five points behind Liverpool and Girona are once again top of La Liga.

Manchester City and Girona are just two of the 13 teams who make up the City Football Group, which owns clubs all across the globe. CFG currently own a 47 per cent stake in Girona.

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Manchester City charges explained: What is latest on club's 115 breaches?

54x Failure to provide accurate financial information 2009-10 to 2017-18.
14x Failure to provide accurate details for player and manager payments from 2009-10 to 2017-18.
• 5x Failure to comply with Uefa's rules including Financial Fair Play (FFP) 2013-14 to 2017-18.
7x Breaching Premier League's PSR rules 2015-16 to 2017-18.
35x Failure to co-operate with Premier League investigations December 2018 - Feb 2023.

In total, City have been charged with 115 breaches of Premier League regulations.
Not all of these breaches relate to financial issues.

Thirty-five relate to the club's alleged failure to co-operate with the Premier League investigation from 2018 up until February 2023.
The financial allegations go back to 2009 and were highlighted in leaked material published by German newspaper Der Spiegel.
City have always said these leaked emails were obtained illegally.

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