Manchester City’s ban from UEFA competitions for the next two seasons looks poised to have repercussions across the Premier League.
As BBC Sport reports, City will not be allowed to play in the Champions League or Europa League during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 campaigns after they were found to have committed “serious breaches” of Uefa’s club licensing and financial fair play regulations, pending an appeal.
The first repercussion that is relevant to Spurs is that a fifth-place finish this season should now be enough to qualify for Europe’s top club competition.
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Another could be the future of former manager Mauricio Pochettino, who has been linked to the Man City hotseat today by The Sun amid speculation that Pep Guardiola could walk away without Champions League football.
The Sun understands that Pochettino fits the profile that City would be looking for in Guardiola’s successor – despite having never won a trophy.
The 47-year-old has been linked heavily to Manchester United and Real Madrid since being sacked by Spurs in November, but The Sun’s report surprisingly claims that Pochettino’s “heart lies with Man City” and that he would have no hesitation in taking the job despite the UEFA suspension.
This is either total rubbish or the luckiest break Poch will ever get.