CONFIRMED: Manchester City guilty of breaching EPL...
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The English Premier League body has announced that Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges relating to breaching its financial regulations by an independent commission.
The EPL released a statement confirming the news that has made the rounds in recent days, with Man City guilty of breaches that took place between the 2009/10 and the 2017/18 season.
The Abu Dhabi owned club was also found guilty of non-cooperation with the investigation into the case that started in 2023.
Man City had been alleged by the EPL of inflating revenues and reducing costs, but the club claimed innocence despite receiving fine from UEFA, the continental football body, for similar offences related to breaching financial fairplay rules.
However, the EPL embarked on an exhaustive investigation via an independent commission amidst throve of document leaks that allegedly showed the Manchester club had inflated accounting figures.
The EPL has therefore made the independent commission’s decision public, revealing that City made serious breach to its rules.
“An independent Commission has found Manchester City FC guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, and the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the League’s investigation.
“The independent Commission found that between Seasons 2009/10 and 2017/18 Manchester City arranged ‘sham’ contracts (which misrepresented the true agreement between the parties) with a number of its commercial partners, as well as relying on ‘sham’ agreements with others, to artificially inflate the club’s revenues and reduce its costs.
发表于 2026-9-29 04:57:48
