city are confident uefa 's punishment for breaching financial fairplay regulations will be lifted at the end of this season .
uefa 's settlement with city published in may stated those penalties would allow them to bid for stellar names like raheem sterling , gareth bale , kevin de bruyne and ross barkley .
city boss manuel pellegrini has been hampered over the past year by uefa restricting them to a net transfer spend of £ 49million in each window .