If approved, that punishment could still be appealed by City’s rivals, including Arsenal, whose manager, Arsène Wenger, yesterday demanded tough action. “There are rules to apply for the Financial Fair Play,” he said. “One of the rules is that normally you should be banned for the excess of the financial amount that is not justified. That is, if you are £100 million overboard, you should be punished for £100 million of your wages bill in the Champions League.