Sources: Girona await UCL clearance due to City

Key Facts

• REACTIONS Girona face a wait for UEFA clearance to play in next season's Champions League due to partner club Manchester City also securing a place in the 2024-25 competition, sources have told ESPN.
• With 2023 Champions League winners City needing just two points to secure runners-up spot in the Premier League -- City will win the title for the fourth successive season if they win all three of their remaining fixtures -- the English team will take the CFG spot in the Champions League ahead of Girona by virtue of the factors outlined above.
• But while sources have said that Girona are unlikely to be demoted to the Europa League to avoid a clash with City, the Spanish club will have to outline its position and organisational independence from Manchester City at a UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) this summer before being cleared to play in the Champions League.
• RB Leipzig and FC Salzburg, both owned by the Red Bull Group, have been cleared to play together in the Champions League in recent seasons, while last July, UEFA accepted the admission of several clubs into its competitions despite concerns over potential shared ownership issues.

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