Syed wrote in his first article on this subject that City agreed to the rules, so must abide by them, even if they disagreed with them. Ok in theory, but: 'Agreed'. .?
IIRC, G14 rejected Platini's rules and wrote their own, threatening to pull out of the CL if UEFA did not agree to their terms. The then President of REAL said "ffp is coming, the clubs want them....."
At this point only G14 had agreed to them and the rest of us had no opportunity to make our points.
UEFA then made it clear that clubs had to sign up to them in order to play in their competitions.
Hardly " Agreement".
It is clear to me that the control body should not also run the primary club competition in Europe.