Premier League Financial Charges
Manchester City Reportedly Found Responsible for Multiple Financial Rule Breaches by Premier League
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Manchester City have reportedly been found guilty of 114 of 115 Premier League charges over alleged financial-rule breaches, mainly covering 2009 to 2018. The club denies wrongdoing and is expected to appeal; no sanction has been announced. Reported potential outcomes include fines, points deductions or expulsion from the Premier League, while retrospective title stripping has been discussed but is not considered likely; any affected honours would concern the seasons covered by the charges. Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand and ex-Liverpool player José Enrique joked that their clubs should receive medals if City’s titles are removed. A poll of Express readers found the largest share favoured relegating City to the National League if expelled.
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In the Express Sport poll, 44% of more than 4,700 respondents favored sending City to the National League; 23% preferred League Two and 17% the Championship.
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United influencer Therese Gudmundsen called for City’s titles to be stripped and awarded to United, posting: “Now relegate them, strip them of their titles, and hand us #21, #22 & #23 too!”
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The two City title-winning seasons in which United finished runners-up were 2017/18 and 2020/21; those are the seasons behind Rio Ferdinand’s joke about adding another Premier League medal to his cabinet.
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The Express reported that more than 1,300 days had passed since City were first charged and more than two years since the hearing began, with the process still expected to continue through an appeal.
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