Football: Man City could be in next year's Champions League if ban frozen

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - Manchester City could play in next season's Champions League despite a two-year Uefa ban from European competition if they ask for the suspension to be frozen by the Court of Arbitration for Sport during their appeal, sports law experts say.

The Premier League champions have not indicated if they will ask for such measures and chief executive officer Ferran Soriano said in a statement on Wednesday that he hoped for a swift end to the case. The competition's preliminary round draw is scheduled on June 9 and the group stage draw is set for Aug 27.

The only other way a decision could be made before the start of the Champions League process is if the case were expedited. "It would be a calculated gamble, though, as if they are unsuccessful a full non-expedited hearing may not take place until after the Champions League cycle is under way," he said.

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