European football's governing body has been, at best, clumsy in its handling of City's FFP efforts and supporter issues, but the club will need to embrace the Champions League.
As far as Manchester City and its fans are concerned, UEFA's rap sheet is a long one.
The 2014 announcement that the club had fallen foul of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations came as a shock, given it had worked closely with the governing body to avoid any breaches. When it was discovered UEFA had moved the goalposts and changed the all-important Annex XI, which City had expected would get it out of jail, it did not go down well at the Etihad Stadium.