It's official. The statement released today by the Premier League ultimately confirms, unequivocally, the truth of everything that was revealed through Football Leaks. The Independent Commission is also particularly harsh in the way it characterises the actions taken by Manchester City executives, who, without a shadow of a doubt, acted with complete impunity, challenging everyone and everything. From the very beginning, they have demonstrated a complete lack of respect for the rules, for the bodies responsible for overseeing and regulating the game, for the integrity of the competition, for the other clubs and, above all, for the fans.
Years and years of cheating, lying and manipulation will finally have consequences.
Liverpool vs City at Anfield as the first game after all this has dropped is something you can’t even write. The atmosphere is going to be absolutely nuts.
🚨 Premier League confirms Manchester City ruled guilty of every charge related to financial rule breaches across 9 seasons + majority of charges on #ManCity failure to co-operate with probe. Situation discussed w/ @JamesHorncastle@kvlmason@TheAthleticFC https://t.co/eqQJBGqzSu
Fought against corruption and spoke his mind throughout his 9 years and still managed to deliver legitimately.
We were robbed of a greater legacy and trophies, but I’m forever thankful to Jurgen for beating the cheating organisation.
Legend. ❤️
Won every trophy in 7 years. Quickest that has ever been done by a manager in the Premier League. And he didn’t cheat.
Put some respect on Jurgen Klopp’s name.
I can’t stand Liverpool, but I feel sorry for Klopp ngl.
His whole career was affected by City’s cheating. Winning three league titles with 90+ points would’ve completely changed the narrative around him.
Fabrizio Romano said he wasn't reporting the City 114 verdict as it's not a transfer story. Less than 24 hours later he posted Khaldoon Al Mubarak's response.
Don't mistake his aggregation for reporting, it is nothing less than the behaviour of a paid for hire mouthpiece, PR machine & lackey.
This year is when everyone realised what he truly is.
This always failed the "smell" test. Now in light of the announcement yesterday, the relationship between Michael Oliver, these officials & Abu Dhabi regime needs further scrutiny.
https://t.co/o0wvRes7HV
You can tell a lot about the integrity of reporters by what they choose to report on. Miguel Delaney has never shied away from reporting on sportswashing and City’s charges, whilst David Ornstein broke the story of their guilt. By contrast, Romano has only shared Rodri’s interview and City’s statement. Choose wisely who you get your news from.
Surely the day has come when we stop paying attention to this guy. Not interested in reporting this news by his own admission but happy to repost the quotes of the owner and Rodri. In a right thinking world this guy’s credibility is unrecoverable. An embarrassment.