Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been charged by the Football Association for “wearing a political message, specifically a yellow ribbon”.<\/p>\n
He breached the FA’s kit and advertising regulations,\u00a0the governing body said.<\/i><\/p>\n
Guardiola\u00a0said in November\u00a0he wears the ribbon to support imprisoned politicians in his native Catalonia.<\/p>\n
The ex-Barcelona and Spain midfielder has until 18:00 GMT on Monday, 5 March to respond to the charge.<\/p>\n
The FA had spoken to Guardiola about the issue in mid-December and two formal warnings have been given which were ignored.<\/p>\n
The charge was then triggered when he again wore it pitchside – he is free to wear it elsewhere – during City’s shock FA Cup loss against Wigan on Monday.<\/p>\n
Two key members of the Catalan independence movement were\u00a0held without bail\u00a0after an independence vote in October, which the Madrid government deemed illegal.<\/p>\n
Guardiola had said in November: “If one day in prison was already too much, look how many days they’ve been there now.<\/p>\n
“Like everybody knows, hopefully sooner or later I can stop wearing it.<\/p>\n
“All the politicians that are in prison, I hope they can leave and go back home soon with their families and continue living the lives they deserve.”<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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