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Manchester United’s participation in subsequent season’s Europa League is underneath risk, regardless of their latest FA Cup triumph over Manchester City.
The 2-1 victory at Wembley over the weekend secured a spot within the European match for Erik Ten Hag’s staff.
However, United’s place within the Europa League is jeopardised because of UEFA’s multi-club possession guidelines, which may see them banned from the competitors.
UEFA’s multi-club possession guidelines prohibit two groups owned by the identical organisation from competing in the identical match.
Both Manchester United and Nice share the identical possession underneath INEOS. Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s firm absolutely owns Nice, whereas it holds a partial stake in Manchester United.
Ratcliffe’s INEOS at present holds a 27 per cent stake in United however plans to extend its funding by £245 million, pushing its possession above 30 per cent.
Manchester United announced on Christmas Eve 2023 that it has reached an settlement for INEOS Chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe to amass as much as a 25% share of the membership.
This would place INEOS in violation of UEFA’s rules whereas being the only real homeowners of Nice, which secured a fifth-place end in Ligue 1 and a Europa League spot.
Nice completed fifth within the French top-flight to safe a spot in subsequent season’s Europa League.
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Should INEOS fail to resolve the difficulty, one in all their golf equipment could possibly be relegated to the UEFA Conference League.
If INEOS can’t resolve the possession battle, one in all their golf equipment could be relegated to the UEFA Conference League. Given Nice’s larger league end (fifth), they might doubtless retain their Europa League spot, relegating Manchester United as a substitute (eighth).
PUNCH Online studies that Manchester United isn’t alone on this dilemma.
Manchester City’s guardian firm, City Football Group, faces an analogous difficulty with their 47 per cent possession of Spanish membership Girona.
UEFA, earlier this month, mandated that City Football Group cut back its stake in Girona to permit the Spanish aspect to compete in subsequent season’s Champions League after their spectacular run secured a top-four end.
The UEFA Club Financial Control Body lately up to date its multi-club possession guidelines to forestall any type of “decisive influence” over a number of golf equipment taking part in the identical European match.
This implies that golf equipment with shared possession stakes should navigate these rules to safe their locations in European competitions.
Meanwhile, neither of the golf equipment have but to make a proper disclosure on the following line of motion to take.