London: English Premier League side Manchester City have filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a two-year ban from Champions League.
The club met its late-Monday deadline to challenge UEFA, CAS said Wednesday.
"It is not possible to indicate at this time when a final award in this matter will be issued,” the court said in a statement.
However, it is still unclear whether Manchester City will seek UEFA's consent for a public hearing. It could try to reach an out-of-court settlement to resolve the dispute.
UEFA alleged that Manchester City were involved in financial irregularities and failed to cooperate with investigators.
Leaked internal club documents published in a German magazine in November 2018 showed City deceived UEFA by overstating sponsorship deals from 2012-16 and hiding the source of revenue tied to its owners in Abu Dhabi.
According to internal mail City officials preferred to spend tens of millions on “the 50 best lawyers in the world” to sue UEFA rather than accept punishment.
City never disputed the authenticity of documents, which it said were illegally obtained.
Since the leaked documents have been published by the media outlet, the club has been banned from Champions League, Europa League or Super Cup in the next two seasons. UEFA also imposed $32.5 million monetary punishment on City.
However, the punishment doesn't affect City's current Champions League campaign.
