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- Pep Guardiola is expected to attend Manchester City's October 14 Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain, his first Etihad appearance since departing the club last summer, with current manager Enzo Maresca now in charge.
- An independent commission found Manchester City guilty of all charges related to serious Premier League financial rule breaches, ruling that more than £830m of owner funding was used to inflate revenues and enable compliance through a series of "sham" arrangements between 2009-10 and 2017-18.
- Manchester City have lodged an appeal, releasing a statement last Friday calling the opinion "unsafe" and declaring "the club is innocent of the accusations made by the Premier League."
- Gary Lineker, speaking at a Leaders Week conference at Stamford Bridge, urged City to "own it" and "accept whatever punishment" they are given, saying it "looks really bad for Manchester City, and bad for the game, too," and adding he "wouldn't be surprised" if the club were stripped of the three league titles won during that period.
- Kyle Walker, who left City in 2025 after eight years and 12 major honours including the Champions League, told talkSPORT the players "can't take away" their trophy memories "whatever happens," but admitted it is "not an easy subject" for former players because "we want to be looked upon as winning them trophies the right way."
- Before the PSG fixture, City resume their domestic campaign away at Liverpool, live on Sky Sports, as the appeal process plays out alongside their on-pitch commitments.
Why it matters: The commission's finding that £830m of owner funding flowed through "sham" arrangements across nine seasons directly covers the period in which City won three Premier League titles and their first Champions League, meaning the appeal will weigh potential trophy-stripping, points deductions, and financial sanctions against a club that frames the ruling as legally flawed and factually wrong.
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