CFCB

MANCHESTER: Premier League champions Manchester City FC on Thursday issued a statement expressing disappointment over the Ab Dhabi-owned football club's Financial Fair Play (FFP) sanctions case being transferred to UEFA's Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) adjudicatory chamber.

"Manchester City Football Club is disappointed, but regrettably not surprised, by the sudden announcement of the referral to be made by the CFCB IC chief investigator Yves Leterme," the club said in an official statement.