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Titles stripped, relegation – Man City 115 charges verdict as Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham wait
Arsenal news as the Gunners watch on closely as Manchester City this year begin their hearing against the Premier League regarding the 115 breaches of alleged financial wrongdoing
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BY TOM COLEY, DAVE POWELL, STEPHEN KILLEN, TOM CANTON, ISAAC SEELOCHAN, ISAAC JOHNSON, LEE WILMOT
Manchester City face 115 allegations of financial wrongdoing, all of which the club denies
Manchester City face 115 allegations of financial wrongdoing, all of which the club denies(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)
At some stage this year, Manchester City’s Premier League financial case versus the Premier League will begin as Arsenal and the rest of the Premier League watches on. It follows a year of unprecedented drama.
League chief Richard Masters has failed to disclose exactly when the hearing will start and there is little known about how long it will last, nor many other details besides the 115 allegations tabled against City, all of which the club strongly denies. It has in some quarters been described as the ‘trial of the century.’
The charges, which relate to the timeframe between 2009 and 2018, allege illicit financing and unco-operation. This is not the first time City have faced charges of this nature. UEFA initially banned them from European competition for two years over a “serious breach” before the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the verdict in 2020.
In January of this year, UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin insisted the body was right to charge the club with financial breaches, stating: “We wouldn’t decide if we didn’t think we were right.”
He continued: “As a trial lawyer for 25 years, I know that, sometimes, you win a case that you are sure you will lose. And, sometimes, you lose a case when you’re sure. You just simply have to respect in a serious democracy the decision of the court.”
The potential punishments City could be handed if found guilty of the charges are unclear given it’s an unprecedented case but it is thought that relegation and the stripping of titles could be on the table as well as enormous fines and possibly even relegation.
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