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By Katherine Langford
City AM
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Manchester City critic and Spanish league boss Javier Tebas says the club must face “justice” for the sake of English and European football. City were last month found guilty of more than 100 counts of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules by hiding over £900m in owner funding that allowed them to spend freely on some of the world’s best players. The club are appealing the finding but face severe sanctions that could include huge fines, a points deduction that enforces relegation and a transfer ban, while their Abu Dhabi-based owner, Sheikh Mansour, could be forced to sell up. Tebas, who has long criticised what he termed the “financial doping” of City and Qatar-owned European champions Paris Saint-Germain, addressed the saga at the Sportel conference in Monaco. “I’m interested in understanding how this story will end. It is important for both the Premier League and the European football ecosystem,” he said, in comments reported by SportsPro. “There are people