๐จ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: Manchester City club statement:
Manchester City FC is both disappointed and surprised by the opinion of the Premier League Commission, that has been published today.
The Club is innocent of the accusations made by the Premier League and a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence exists in support of all of its positions, relating to this case. ย The Club will therefore be relentless, and where necessary proactive, in any and all appropriate regulatory and legal forums.
The Premier League process remains ongoing, with significant elements uncompleted. ย
Manchester City FC will now pursue the appeal avenues open to it, on the basis that the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact, and is unsafe.
The Club has diligently respected due process for eight years on the basis that the Premier League Board and Executive would behave as an independent, impartial and fair-minded regulator, free from partisan influence.
The Club is obviously restricted in what it can say further until all future proceedings are complete.
๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐: Manchester City received ยฃ949.94 MILLION in commercial income from Abu Dhabi sponsors between 2009 and 2018.
Only ยฃ119.25M actually came from the sponsors themselves.
The remaining ยฃ830.69M consisted of โTagged Sumsโ paid by Abu Dhabi United Group, Manchester Cityโs owners.
โย @ESPN
๐ฃ๐ฃ๐จ๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐: Premier League CEO Richard Masters:
"Manchester City systematically broke Premier League Rules for nearly a decade."
"This disciplinary case, and this decision, are the most significant in Premier League HISTORY."
๐ฃ๐ฃ๐จ๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐: Manchester City are in SERIOUS trouble as the Premier League CONFIRM that Manchester City have been found GUILTY of serious breaches of its financial rules over a NINE-SEASON period.
The independent Commission found that Manchester City:
โข Arranged โSHAMโ contracts with several commercial partners.
โข Artificially INFLATED revenues and reduced costs by more than ยฃ900 MILLION.
โข Filed MISSTATED accounts and concealed the true state of the clubโs finances from auditors and football regulators.
โข Significantly breached BOTH Premier League and UEFA spending limits.
โข Made โconcerted efforts to STOP and FRUSTRATEโ the Premier Leagueโs investigation.
Premier League CEO Richard Masters:
โThis disciplinary case, and this decision, are the MOST SIGNIFICANT in Premier League history.โ
Manchester Cityโs PUNISHMENT will now be decided at a separate hearing.
Manchester City have the right to APPEAL and have until Friday, October 2 to do so.
Dhafuโs claims do not add up.
See, a few weeks ago, Zimra recognized the top tax paying companies in Zimbabwe and named them as follows:
โขDelta Beverages
โขEconet Wireless
โขZimplats
โขSimbisa Brands
โขCBZ Holdings
โขTM Pick n Pay
The 2025 turnover, and profit before tax for these top tax paying companies is as follows, respectively;
Delta
โข$1 billion
โข$210 million
Zimplats
โข$827 million
โข$66,4 million
Econet
โข~$800 million
โข~180 million
Simbisa Brands
โข$306 million
โข$23,4 million
Hippo Valley
โข~$220,6 million
โข~ $33,4 million
CBZ Holdings
โข~$220 million
โข~$55 million
Based on these data points of Top tax paying firms released by Zimra, it stands to reason that if Dhafu legitimately made enough to donate $100 million, he would be one of the top taxpayers in the country. (Remember you donate from profits, not revenues).
Let me just leave it here.
The Untold Pep Files: A Story of Drugs, Referees, and Dark Money in Football๐
Imagine a story so massive it makes the Lance Armstrong scandal look like a warm-up act. It starts with a single player, spans across three countries, and exposes a decades-long trail of destroyed evidence, "miracle" doctors, and institutional corruption.
Welcome down the rabbit hole. ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธโฝ
CHAPTER 1: The Player Who Got Caught
Before Pep Guardiola was the master tactician, he was a midfielder for Brescia in 2001. That was the year he tested positive twice for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone.
His defense? "Contaminated multivitamins."
Who was the man preparing those exact vitamins? Dr. Ramon Segura, the same physiologist who was working with Frank de Boer when De Boer also tested positive for nandrolone that exact same year.
The pattern was set early: win at all costs, and surround yourself with questionable medicine.
CHAPTER 2: The Barcelona "Miracles" & Operaciรณn Puerto
When Pep took over Barcelona in 2008, guess who he immediately brought in to lead the medical staff? Dr. Ramon Segura.
At the same time, Spanish football was shadowed by Operaciรณn Puerto, the infamous raid on Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes that uncovered 99 blood bags containing EPO. Fuentes openly admitted on trial that he had worked with football and tennis stars, famously taunting the court that naming his clients meant Spain would have to give back their Champions League, European Championship, and World Cup trophies.
The Spanish judgeโs response? Refuse to let him name names, reject WADAโs appeal, and order all blood bags destroyed under the guise of doctor-patient confidentiality.
Add to this:
Journalists uncovering full-season "doping preparation plans" for La Liga giants.
Real Sociedadโs president admitting they spent โฌ327,000 annually on illegal black-market PEDs.
Retracted slips on radio revealing players using growth hormones for "muscle recovery."
Spanish football's Golden Era was built, but the paper trail was conveniently burned.
CHAPTER 3: The System Expands โ Financial Doping & Negreira
Winning wasn't just happening on the pitch; it was being secured everywhere else.
While the public obsessively meme's about Premier League charges, Barcelona was paying millions to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, the Vice President of Spain's Refereeing Committee. When asked in court to provide the "referee reports" they claimed to be paying for, Barca couldn't produce them. They paid off the referees' boss, plain and simple.
CHAPTER 4: The Bayern Friction
When Pep arrived at Bayern Munich, he tried to bring his hyper-aggressive medical protocols with him. He insisted on sending injured players back to Barcelona to be treated by his preferred specialists.
This sparked an explosive fallout with Bayernโs legendary physician Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Mรผller-Wohlfahrt, who walked out in disgust over Pepโs demands for unnatural, record-breaking recovery times. Bayernโs old guard refused to bend the knee to Pep's dark arts.
CHAPTER 5: Manchester City & The Ultimate Machine
At Manchester City, Pep finally found a club with zero moral boundaries to stop him.
The strategy reached its final, perfected evolution:
Financial Doping: Siphoning billions in hidden payments to bypass FFP rules and buy infinite depth.
Medical Anomaly: Key players like De Bruyne, Kompany constantly flying to Barcelona to see Dr. Ramon Cugat, mysteriously recovering weeks ahead of human biology norms.
Refereeing โcontroversiesโ and literally paying off referees like Michael Oliver.
When Samir Nasri got caught receiving illegal IV drip treatments in 2016, it was framed as an isolated mistake.
THE VERDICT
From nandrolone positives in 2001 to 115 financial charges and paid-off referee chiefs today... Pep Guardiola didn't just adapt to elite football. He systematically redefined how to cheat it.
You think Lance Armstrong was the biggest cover-up in sports history?
You haven't been paying attention.
๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐: This are the list of punishment Manchester city may face after being found guilty of 115 Premier League charges relating to financial breaches.
1. Removed from the premier league (they will start all over from league two)
2. Strip off of all Domestic trophies won (Premier league, FA cup and Carabao cup)
3. Huge fine and points deduction
4. Ban on transfers for 5 straight seasons.
You cannot even compare the case to Chelseaโs own. Chelsea went and reported themselves to the Premier League. Man City has been denying guilt ever since they were charged.
๐จ BREAKING! ๐ฃ
Not only did Manchester City violate everything possibleโor nearly everythingโin the Premier League's financial regulations, but the club also refused to cooperate in the investigations. ๐คฏ
โน๏ธ @Romain_Molina