Malaga have slammed UEFA's decision to ban them from European competition for one upcoming season.
The Spanish side were handed the ban, which will apply if they qualify for any European competition between 2012-13 and 2016-17, having failed to pay players' wages and tax bills on time.
The club was also fined almost £300,000, a punishment that they feel is unnecessarily harsh.
"Malaga Club de Futbol wish to communicate their total disagreement with today's UEFA decision. The measures taken against the club are absolutely disproportionate and unjustified given the club's situation. We consider that the club is being punished unfairly and used as an example to others," read a club statement.
"Given the total and absolute indignation and consternation on the part of the club, Malaga CF wishes to state that it will work energetically and without rest to achieve justice, using all available necessary means.
"Malaga CF wish to add that they do not understand, and consider totally incomprehensible and abusive, that after having received this judgement they must now wait an unknown period of time to know the evidence upon which it was taken."
Malaga will be allowed to continue their participation in this season's Champions League, in which they will face Porto in the first knockout round.
Barney Corkhill
