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[Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen]

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.

[Conor White @conorw99]

@KTFGYT Are you going over Thursday night?

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

There’s a clip of Troy Parrott’s Republic of Ireland winner from RTE which won’t get taken down for copyright.

The commentary is sensational.

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

You can't beat an Original.

#MUFC || @adidasFootball

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

Goosebumps! Marty Morrissey's pre-match commentary ahead of the 2024 All-Ireland hurling final with a lovely tribute to Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh at the end 🎧 #hurling

[Roland-Garros @rolandgarros]

There are no words. Merci, Rafa 🫶

#RolandGarros @RafaelNadal

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

HOW GOOD DID THAT FEEL?! 🏆🔴

[NP @nadalprop_]

Rafael Nadal has played tennis for 20 years and still celebrates every win like his first.

His love and passion for the sport is unmatched. ❤️

[NewstalkFM @NewstalkFM]

“I would really like to dedicate this to all the peacemakers everywhere. Go raibh mile maith agat”

Cillian Murphy makes history as the first Irish-born person to win the Amacademy Award for Best Actor

#Oscars

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Speechless.

[Ring Magazine @ringmagazine]

🐐 Katie Taylor currently holds:

👑 WBA Super-Lightweight
👑 WBC Super-Lightweight
👑 IBF Super-Lightweight
👑 WBO Super-Lightweight
👑 Ring Super-Lightweight
👑 WBA Lightweight
👑 WBC Lightweight
👑 IBF Lightweight
👑 WBO Lightweight
👑 Ring Lightweight

[Jamie @jenties87]

Today there was tragedy which involved the stabbing of children in Dublin City, sick and inexcusable.

That doesn’t excuse the scenes coming out of Dublin tonight. Absolute feral animals who don’t give a single fuck about the victims. Just looking for any excuse to loot and burn

[Conor White @conorw99]

@PlayerGaelic @barrysmallton you might learn a tip or two from this fella

[Norwich City FC @NorwichCityFC]

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁.

Check in on those around you.

#WorldMentalHealthDay | #YouAreNotAlone | @samaritans

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Forever a United legend.

Thank you for everything, @D_DeGea ❤️

#MUFC

[David de Gea @D_DeGea]

I just wanted to send this farewell message to all Manchester United supporters.

I would like to express my unwavering gratitude and appreciation for the love from the last 12 years. We’ve achieved a lot since my dear Sir Alex Ferguson brought me to this club. I took incredible pride everytime I pulled on this shirt, to lead the team, to represent this institution, the biggest club in the world was an honour only bestows upon a few lucky footballers.

It’s been an unforgettable and successful period since I came here. I didn’t think from leaving Madrid as a young boy we would achieve what we did together.

Now, it’s the right time to undertake a new challenge, to push myself again in new surroundings.

Manchester will always be in my heart, Manchester has shaped me and will never leave me.

We’ve seen it all. 🤘🏼❤️

[Tim Buckley @TimBuckley10]

Its all leading up to June 18th where @dohenysgaa can go up as champions and Dunmanway 10k finishing line outside the gate, you might even spot the Beamish and Parkway cups close by 💪💪@Markbucks @KeithWhite99 @conorw99 @DunmanwaySoccer 🟢⚪️😜

[The Overlap @WeAreTheOverlap]

“I’ll crack the jokes round here Jill!” 🤣

Roy Keane was on top form as always for our Manchester Derby Quiz! 📝

Watch here 👉 https://t.co/NOHjw1dIYO