Man City Found Guilty on Majority of 115 Charges — SkimNews
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- Manchester City were found guilty of the majority of 115 financial rule breaches — a verdict reached 1,329 days after the charges were filed and two years and 10 days after the hearing began, with The Athletic breaking the story and BBC Sport confirming club executives received the decision under NDA.
- A sanction hearing could still be months away and the result may not be published until any appeal concludes, with punishment options spanning fines, points deductions, and even potential league expulsion.
- Smaller PSR breaches triggered points penalties — Everton lost six (reduced from 10 on appeal) and Nottingham Forest lost four — but City face seven separate Premier League PSR charges plus five more related to UEFA competitions, pointing toward a far larger sanction.
- Manchester City have consistently denied wrongdoing and state the "process remains ongoing," with an appeal expected; unlike the overturned 2020 UEFA two-year Champions League ban, there is no Court of Arbitration for Sport route this time.
- Premier League clubs including Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, and Tottenham preserved their rights to seek compensation two years ago, with football finance professor Kieran Maguire of the University of Liverpool noting Champions League prize money alone was worth £60-70m by 2018.
- Everton were ordered in June to pay Burnley £35m after breaking PSR rules, establishing a precedent that competing clubs could use to file individual — or potentially league-centralised — compensation claims over lost revenue and prize money.
Why it matters: Manchester City now face an inevitable points deduction subject to appeal, but with no sanction hearing likely for months and no decision possibly coming until after appeals conclude, this season's title race and relegation battle could finish before any punishment is applied — leaving the Premier League's 2009-2018 integrity under an asterisk while rival clubs line up compensation claims worth tens of millions in lost Champions League revenue.
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