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Pep Guardiola speaks for the first time since Manchester City were found guilty 👀🗣️

"We will get through this together."

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The amount Man City 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 their sponsorship income by per season, according to the independent commission 😳🤯

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Harry Kane is now England's third greatest ever player 🏴🤩 Written by @CallumAltimas https://t.co/G0VjW3f54H

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Spain are the first team in men's international football 𝑯𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀 to go 40 games unbeaten 🔥

And they've won the Euros and World Cup in that time 🇪🇸🏆

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Lamine Yamal with that 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 impact ⚡️🇪🇸

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The Premier League report Manchester City relied on 'sham' contracts to inflate revenue by more than £𝟗𝟎𝟎 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 😳🤯

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BREAKING: The Premier League confirm an independent Commission has found Manchester City guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, and the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the League’s investigation.

The independent Commission found that between Seasons 2009/10 and 2017/18:

"Manchester City arranged ‘sham’ contracts (which misrepresented the true agreement between the parties) with a number of its commercial partners, as well as relying on ‘sham’ agreements with others, to artificially inflate the club’s revenues and reduce its costs.

"The club filed misstated accounts and concealed the true state of its finances from its auditors and football regulators.

"Manchester City was significantly in breach of both the Premier League’s and UEFA’s spending limits.

"During the Premier League’s investigation, Manchester City committed multiple breaches of its duties of co-operation and utmost good faith towards the League (three of the four alleged breaches were upheld).

"The independent Commission found that Manchester City arranged ‘sham’ commercial deals with a number of its sponsors during the period, which were part of a disguised funding scheme, whereby those companies were only required to pay a portion of the relevant sponsorship fees. The remainder was funded by Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development Ltd (ADUG), which owned the club. As part of the scheme, further ‘sham’ arrangements, funded by ADUG, were entered into to enable the club to record lower operating expenses than it actually incurred, as well as a ‘sham’ circular arrangement with Fordham, an entity that purchased the club’s players’ image rights, that was funded by ADUG."

The EPL add: "The purpose of these schemes was found to have been to artificially inflate the club’s revenues, and reduce its costs, by more than £900 million during the affected period, to appear to comply with financial rules. The consequence of this, as the Commission found, was that the club filed misstated accounts and concealed the true state of its finances from its auditors and football regulators. The Commission concluded that ‘by its conduct the club clearly intended to circumvent the PL Rules.

"As a result, Manchester City failed to accurately report its income and expenditure for the purposes of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules and UEFA’s Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Rules. The Commission found that, had all of the relevant agreements been reported accurately in the club’s accounts, it would have been in breach of both the League’s and UEFA’s spending limits by a very substantial amount.

"In addition, during the course of the four-year investigation conducted by the Premier League, the club committed multiple breaches of its duties of co-operation and utmost good faith towards the League. The Commission concluded that the club had ‘made concerted efforts to stop and frustrate the PL investigation."

Richard Masters: “The core decision establishes the facts of what happened at Manchester City during this period. It details how the club systematically broke Premier League Rules for nearly a decade.

“It also vindicates the Premier League’s decision to pursue this case against Manchester City.  While the process to date has been both long and difficult, the League has remained determined that the facts be established independently.

“It is a key responsibility of the Premier League to ensure that the Rules, approved by the clubs themselves, are upheld to protect the integrity of the competition. It is paramount that the League remains competitive and fair for all clubs and for the fans. We take that role extremely seriously.

“This disciplinary case, and this decision, are the most significant in Premier League history. There are elements of the case that remain to be decided, including, importantly, what sanction must follow for these breaches. Now we have the Commission’s decision, we are committed to moving swiftly through the remainder of the process, to provide certainty for the League, our clubs and fans.”

A redacted version of the independent Commission’s findings has been published.

Now that the charges have been proved, the issue of sanction will be addressed separately in a further hearing.

City has the right to appeal the independent Commission’s findings and has until Friday 2 October to exercise that right.

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Erling Haaland's record for Norway is 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐄

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Erling Haaland's reaction to Ruben Dias' block 🤣

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Ireland players bowed their heads during the national anthem of Israel.

They also REFUSED to shake hands with the players before kick-off ❌🇮🇪

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Jurgen Klopp interrupting the Germany press conference to warn his players 🤣🧑‍🦲

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Roy Keane does 𝐍𝐎𝐓 think Cole Palmer is the answer for England 👀❌

"I watched his last game against Brentford and if you think he’s going to get England to another level and win trophies, forget about it.

I like Palmer, he’s a talented boy, but he’s got far too many bad habits, for me."

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World champions Spain beat England at Wembley 🔥

What a game 🍿

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The Hoops have endured a tough few weeks despite topping the Scottish Premiership table . By @WilmotsWay 🖊 https://t.co/0Gl8GSdc8e

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Michael Olise teaching Ibrahima Konate how to do his celebration 🤣🇫🇷

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Raphinha follows in the footsteps of Pele, Ronaldinho, Kaka and Neymar as Brazil's new number 10 🔥🇧🇷

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Sources: Manchester City are expected to appeal after being found guilty of 114 financial charges by the Premier League. . By @DMFv2 🖊 https://t.co/vzW5ayHiOO

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"Let the handbrake off, please Thomas" 🙏🏴

@henrywinter wants to see England stick to English strengths against Spain 🗣️

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Brazil players are facing backlash after they were seen laughing during the traditional Indigenous welcome held for them in Australia 😳🇧🇷

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Manchester United are succession-planning with Carrick under pressure . By @WilmotsWay 🖊 https://t.co/uebmBK1j58