🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: 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 club has the right to appeal the independent Commission’s findings and has until Friday 2 October to exercise that right.
The Premier League Board’s intention is that the full process (including any appeals and publication of relevant decisions) is concluded as soon as possible.
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)
🚨🎙️ Sir Alex Ferguson on Kobbie Mainoo’s contract at Manchester United:
“The lad has been exceptional. I watched him coming through and knew he was special. Sorting his contract should’ve been a priority, so I’m glad it’s done — he deserves every bit of it.
You compare him to players like Andrés Iniesta, Rodri or Jude Bellingham — at 21, Mainoo is already playing with more composure and authority.
Even the so-called legends from FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC — Xavi Hernandez, Sergio Busquets, Steven Gerrard — weren’t doing this at his age.
He’s controlling games like a veteran already. If he keeps this up, United must build everything around him.”
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🚨 Manchester United are targeting Nottingham Forest's Elliot Anderson and Real Madrid's Aurélien Tchouaméni as potential replacements for Casemiro.
Both midfielders are on the shortlist ahead of a planned summer rebuild, with United preparing for Casemiro’s departure.
(Source: The Telegraph)
🎙️ Welbeck on United’s Champions League push:
“I’ve scored against Liverpool… now Chelsea. Maybe I don’t score for United anymore, but I still help them. If it gets them Champions League football, I’m happy. Not every legend has to be inside the club.”
Chelsea drop to 7th, 7 points off 5th with 4 games to go.
Barring an unlikely turnaround, from a side that have lost 7 of their last 8 games, this'll be the 3rd time in 4 seasons that Chelsea fail to qualify for the Champions League.
In that time they have finished 45, 28 and 15 points behind the Champions, and they are currently 22 points behind leaders Arsenal.
They haven't come close to a title challenge.
Blame Rosenior all you like... but there's a bigger picture at play.
It has been without doubt, pound-for-pound... the least successful ownership change in English football history.
❤️ Casemiro: “It’s very special playing for Manchester United because, for me, it’s the BEST team in England…
…and TOP THREE in the world”, told awaydaysfootball.