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Manchester City head into one of the biggest weeks in their recent history, knowing their reputation, their Champions League place and, possibly, the make-up of their squad are on the line. On Monday, their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) against their two-year ban from European club competition begins. On 14 February, Uefa’s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB)  banned City  and fined the club 30m euros (£25m) after ruling it had committed “serious breaches” of Uefa’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations between 2012 and 2016. The CFCB also said City had failed to cooperate with the investigation. City immediately signalled their intention to appeal to Cas. They believe the CFCB was not independent and ended up being distrustful of it, partly due to the amount of secretive information the club felt was leaked to the media. They are adamant that what they consider an independent judiciary will clear them. The appeal will be heard by three Cas lawyers, held in private