By Katlego Sekhu
English Premier League side Manchester City has been charged with breaking the league’s financial fair play rules over a hundred times during a nine-year period (2009-2018).
According to the Premier League, Man City allegedly didn’t provide accurate financial information and didn’t disclose the financial remuneration paid to one of their coaches.
In addition to this, City is accused of not co-operating with the league’s investigation.
These alleged rule breaks came to the forefront about four years ago after a German newspaper published an investigation based on leaks by a Portugees hacker and activist Rui Pinto who had hacked into the e-mail accounts of various football clubs, including Man City, and agents.
If Man City is found guilty, possible punishments include a points deduction or relegation from the English Premier League.
Back in February 2020, Man City was banned by UEFA from the competition and charged 13 million Euros. They took the case to the court of arbitration for sports, resulting in the ban being overturned.
The fine was subsequently reduced to 10 million euros. The panel found that most of the breaches alleged were not time-barred, meaning they happened too long ago for UEFA to do anything about it.
Man City’s official statement on the allegations
Through a statement shared immediately after, Manchester City expressed their shock over the alleged breaches of the Premier League Rules, “particularly given the extensive engagement and vast amount of detailed materials that the EPL has been provided with.”
The club has welcomed the review of this matter by an independent Commission, to “impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence that exists in support of its position.”
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