FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group C - Shakhtar Donetsk v Manchester City - Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine - September 18, 2019 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reacts REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Facing a costly and damaging two-season ban from European football, English champions Manchester City will now turn to the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in an appeal that is likely to focus heavily on procedure.
The Premier League club's key players on the pitch may be the likes of Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne, but off it their line-up of British and Swiss lawyers will also be in focus as they fight to get the ban overturned.
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