Manchester City are facing the biggest difficulties in the club’s history because of financial allegations.
Yesterday evening (February 6), the Premier League Organizing Committee officially accused Manchester City of violating more than 100 financial rules over a nine-year period from 2009-2018. It is known that the investigation has been going on for four years, and the Premier League also accused Man City of not showing cooperation in the investigation of this incident.
If found guilty, the Etihad Stadium team will face severe penalties including relegation, deduction of points, deprivation of championships in the above years, compensation for damages… Even, this club There is also the possibility of having to play in the English 5th division if it is completely expelled from the professional leagues of the foggy country.
Recently, according to sources from The Athletic, Man City believes that a former member of the coaching staff or former player has become an informant for the Premier League investigation. Therefore, the team is currently conducting internal investigations to find out the identity of this individual.
Notably, the lawyer who will head the Premier League panel looking into alleged rule violations by Manchester City is an avid fan of Arsenal – a direct competitor to the ‘Green Man’ in the Premier League. Older brother. This person even has tickets to watch the entire season of the current ‘Gunners’.
As for Man City, they were extremely surprised by the allegations and announced their willingness to cooperate to investigate and clarify the unsolved issues. “Manchester City FC is surprised by these allegations of breach of the Premier League Rules, especially given the large amount of detailed documentation provided by the league’s organizers.”
“The club welcomes the review of this matter by an independent committee, to view objectively all the incontrovertible evidence that exists representing the position of the club. So we want this issue to be resolved once and for all.”