Manchester City should not learn the verdict of his long legal battle with the Premier League before the end of the current season, according to a report.
The Top-Fight series champions were responsible for more than 100 violations of financial regulations of the competition in February 2023. 19 additional months passed before the so-called “ trial of the century ” finally started and it was not until last December that the legal proceedings were finally concluded.
The city boss, Pep Guardiola, said in early February that a decision would be revealed in “a month”, but April is already underway and that no verdict is expected in the near future. Actually, The telegraph To say that it could be “fairly attentive” before the city and the rest of the division finally discover their fate.
The first reports wrongly said that City had been accused of 115 violations, but there were 130 alleged offenses committed between 2009 and 2023 – a period which saw City win seven First League titles, four FA Cups and the very first crown of the Club Champions League.
Many of these violations – all cities deny fiercely – relate to deliberately hampered investigations on their finances, but the most serious accuse the club belonging to the royal family of Abu Dhabi of false accounting.
These supposed offenses encouraged UEFA to ban the City of European competition for two years in February 2020. This punishment was canceled by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Case) after various violations were “ barred ”-that is to say that it took place too long ago to be punished in accordance with UEFA regulations. There are no time restrictions on the financial rules of the Premier League.
Potential punishment ranges from extensive fines to multiple relegations.
The city is in the middle of a legal dispute entirely separated against the Premier League concerning the sponsorship rules. The high -flight disputed outfit won a partial victory in this case and is confident to force a complete rewriting of the regulations. It remains to be seen how they get out of it in the wider legal battle.
