Girona received the official OK from UEFA to play in the Champions League

It’s informal, but not officer until now. He Girona will be in the next edition of Champions League after wholeheartedly accepting the statement from UEFA approving his entry because of the link to City of Manchester. Other couples included in the statement will also participate in the competition, Manchester United and OGC Nice.

The Catalan team has agreed the yes of the European organization for all the changes made by Montilivi and which, at the same time, are beginning to be seen. Thus, the CFCB accepted the reception of people from Girona, dealing with the cases of ownership of several clubs for continental competitions.

The statement reads as follows: “Following the implementation of significant changes by the investors interested in Girona FC and OGC Nice (respectively, City Football Group and INEOS), the First Chamber of the CFCB accepted the entry of Girona FC and the Manchester City FC in the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League, as well as Manchester United FC and OGC Nice in the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League. “Clubs have demonstrated that those changes brought them into compliance with the multi-club ownership rule.”

The changes are as follows:

Management is carried out individually, inside and outside the playing fields, although it also affects the commercial, marketing, sponsorship or scouting sectors, among others. “No one participates simultaneously, directly or indirectly, in any capacity in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of more than one club participating in a UEFA club competition and no one has control or decisive influence over more than one club participating in a UEFA club competition.

Shareholders and decision-making power, as already mentioned in the Catalan club. Girona announced, this week, its new shareholders in the Board of Directors. “The significant changes made to the ownership, management and financial support of the affected clubs greatly restrict the influence and decision-making power of investors in more than one club, ensuring compliance with the rule of multi- club ownership during 2024/25. In particular, interested investors transferred their shares in Girona FC and OGC Nice to independent trustees through a blind trust structure established under the supervision of the First Chamber of the CCFB. The said blind trust was accepted by the First Chamber of the CFCB on an extraordinary basis for the 2024/25 UEFA competitions. The trustees will regularly exchange information with the CFCB First Chamber during the 2024/25 season.

After the changes, UEFA announced the applications to be fulfilled:

• the effective control and decision-making of these clubs is solely under the control of the trustee;

• following the resignation of its board members, the investor is no longer represented on the board of directors and has no ability to directly appoint new directors to the board;

• the trustee appoints new directors to the board;

• investors do not have the ability to influence decisions related to sport;

• investors do not have the ability to influence the club through veto rights or contractual agreements entered into with other shareholders;

• investors are restricted in their ability to provide subsequent financing;

• the club’s financial statements will be deconsolidated from those of the investors’ holding company.

Furthermore, as further evidence of their independence, the affected clubs commit to the following:

• clubs will not transfer players between them, either permanently or on loan, directly or indirectly, from July 2024 to September 2025, except for pre-existing transfer agreements concluded before the opening of CFCB procedures;

• the clubs will not conclude any kind of collaboration, joint technical or commercial agreement with each other; and

• Clubs will not use any joint scouting or player databases.

Before ending, the same statement warned that the CFCB will continue to monitor the aforementioned situations early to ensure that the multi-club ownership rule remains in place during the 2024/25 season.