Pep Guardiola has expressed his full backing for Manchester City after an independent commission ruled that the club had violated Premier League financial regulations throughout a nine-year period. In a message to supporters, he said: “We will overcome this together.” Guardiola departed City during the summer after a highly successful decade at the club. His […]
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Kelly Somers is joined by football finance specialist Kieran Maguire and football affairs correspondent Dale Johnson to respond to listeners’ questions after the Premier League announced that Manchester City had been found responsible for all alleged violations of the competition’s financial regulations between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons. TIMECODES: 3’05 – Might Manchester City be […]
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At the beginning of 2010, Manchester City started arranging additional investment for the club. City entered into sponsorship contracts worth record sums that were reportedly far higher than their fair market value. The arrangement has been described as a “concealed funding plan”. According to the ruling, the arrangement operated in the following way. Each sponsorship […]
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Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said: “The principal ruling sets out what occurred at Manchester City during the period in question. It explains how the club repeatedly breached Premier League regulations for almost ten years. “The findings also support the Premier League’s decision to bring the case against Manchester City. Although the proceedings have […]
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After Friday’s guilty verdict was announced, Rooney’s former Manchester United colleagues Rio Ferdinand and David de Gea suggested on social media that they should receive league titles retrospectively. Former Stoke City manager Tony Pulis also said he felt “robbed” after his team lost to the Blues in the 2011 FA Cup final. “I’ve heard former […]
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Several Premier League clubs are calling for the ruling involving Manchester City to be released without further delay, while the club prepares for a prolonged effort to defend itself. Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano told the European Football Clubs board on Monday that the club intends to challenge the decision and demonstrate its innocence […]
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One of the most prominent disputes brought before Cas in recent years concerns the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) final. After the Confederation of African Football (Caf) reversed the original outcome and declared Morocco champions despite their defeat by Senegal in the final, Senegal confirmed that it would challenge the ruling at Cas. In […]
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Roberto Mancini seemed to confirm that he had “a double contract” during his time as Manchester City manager, amid allegations that the club breached the Premier League’s financial regulations. Mancini, who guided City to their first Premier League championship in 50 years during the 2011-12 season and later took charge of Italy, insisted that the […]
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Tony Pulis believes his Stoke City side was unfairly denied the 2011 FA Cup after Manchester City were reportedly found responsible for nearly every alleged breach of Premier League financial regulations. Stoke suffered a 1-0 defeat in the 2011 final, with Yaya Touré scoring the decisive goal. Following Friday’s announcement concerning more than 100 charges […]
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It is as though an entire era has suddenly been called into question. Manchester City’s achievements in English football from 2009-10 to 2017-18 now risk being viewed differently: the 6-1 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford, Sergio Agüero’s dramatic stoppage-time title winner in 2012 and the campaign in which the club collected 100 points […]
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