UEFA have broken their silence on reports suggesting Manchester City could be banned from the Champions League.
Liverpool's Premier League title rivals have been referred by the governing body for alleged breaches of Financial Fair Play regulations.
Last week, a New York Times report indicated that the investigatory committee will seek at least a one-season ban from the Champions League for City.
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has now revealed that they will have no issues with coming down hard on any club that breaks the rules.
“Sometimes we forget how dirty this industry is," Ceferin told the New York Times.
City, who won the Premier League title by a point from Liverpool , were fined £17million in 2014 for a previous breach of the regulations.
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There have been fears that the big clubs, like City and Paris Saint-Germain, would manage to avoid to avoid a heavy sanction but Ceferin added: "If you do it right, you don’t sell yourself.
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"If you are not involved in any strange business, if you are not corrupted, then you go straight forward and be fair to anyone."
City released a statement hitting out at the investigation last week, slamming it “a wholly unsatisfactory, curtailed, and hostile process” and claim the allegations against them are entirely false.
The club's statement read: "Manchester City is entirely confident of a positive outcome when the matter is considered by an independent judicial body.
"The accusation of financial irregularities remains entirely false and the CFCB IC referral ignores a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence provided by Manchester City FC to the Chamber.
"The decision contains mistakes, misinterpretations and confusions fundamentally borne out of a basic lack of due process and there remain significant unresolved matters raised by Manchester City FC as part of what the Club has found to be a wholly unsatisfactory, curtailed, and hostile process."
Liverpool will meet City in the Community Shield in August.
