🚨 More details from Premier League statement on Manchester City.
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 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.
🚨 THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT RELEGATING A FOOTBALL CLUB. THE EFFECT OF A POTENTIAL MAN CITY DEMOTION.
If Manchester City were a mid-table club, would sending them down be easier?
But this is MANCHESTER CITY.
One of the biggest clubs in world football. Hundreds of millions in annual revenue. Global sponsors. A worldwide fanbase. A huge workforce. And a major economic footprint in Manchester and across English football.
Relegating City wouldn’t simply mean 20th place becoming 21st.
It could trigger a chain reaction across the Premier League.
City generated £694.1M in revenue in 2024/25. Take them out of the Premier League, and the consequences could reach broadcasting, sponsorships, matchday revenue, player contracts, recruitment and the club’s entire commercial structure.
Then look at the Premier League itself.
No more City vs United.
No more City vs Liverpool.
No more City vs Arsenal.
No more City vs Chelsea.
Some of the biggest fixtures in English football would disappear from the league calendar.
And the impact wouldn't stop at football.
Manchester has an entire matchday economy built around City: hotels, restaurants, transport, hospitality, security, retail and employment.
This is why the Manchester City case is bigger than one club.
The Premier League has to protect the integrity of its rules.
But if the ultimate punishment is relegation, the consequences could reach far beyond the Etihad.
The question isn't simply what happens to Manchester City.
It's what happens to English football when one of its biggest clubs is removed from the Premier League.
🚨❌THINGS GETTING SERIOUS FOR MANCHESTER CITY :
The EFL are expected to back the Premier League and could REFUSE to accept Manchester City into the Championship, League One or League Two if City are relegated following their FFP verdict.
That could leave City facing a potential drop all the way to the National League. 😳
🚨 Manchester City fans, let’s have a discussion.
If the verdict has been delivered and the punishment is:
1. Relegation
2. 20 Points deduction
3. 2-year transfer ban
4. £2 billion fine
Which would you prefer?
🚨 PREMIER LEAGUE, THINK TWICE. 🩵
If Manchester City are relegated after being crowned champions and competing at the highest level for years, the consequences could go far beyond City.
1️⃣ The Premier League could lose one of its biggest representatives in Europe.
2️⃣ Players like Haaland may question their future in England and look elsewhere.
3️⃣ Top players could become more cautious about joining Premier League clubs, knowing clubs can face severe consequences years later.
4️⃣ Wealthy owners may think twice about investing in English football after seeing what happened to City and Abramovich’s Chelsea.
5️⃣ City’s historic records — including four Premier League titles in a row — could be viewed differently if the club’s achievements are later challenged.
Manchester City have been one of the faces of the Premier League across England, Europe and the world. 🌍🩵
So ask yourself: if City were not worthy of those titles, why were they crowned champions in the first place?
Every action has consequences.
Think twice. If you need to think thrice, do it. Avoid regrets.
Good luck. 🩵
🚨 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔. Según Ben Jacobs, Manchester City podría descender a la QUINTA DIVISIÓN INGLESA y ser expulsado de la EFL. 😳🏴
La English Football League no está obligada a recibir al Manchester City y acomodarlos en la Championship, League One o League Two.
Por lo que el club podría ser relegado a una categoría NO profesional como la National League (5ta División).
La English Football League estaría dispuesta a apoyar la decisión... y podría también RECHAZAR recibir al club en sus competiciones. ❌🔵
🚨🎙️ José Mourinho on Manchester City’s financial charges:
🗣️ “I don’t think people quite understand the magnitude of this situation.
City ruined title races.
City affected relegation battles.
City cost clubs European spots.
City got managers sacked.
If the charges are ultimately upheld, you’re talking about years of Premier League history that could have been affected.
Everton were deducted six points for one breach.
Manchester City have been found guilty of 114.
That’s 684 points if you use the same six-point deduction for every charge.
Obviously, I’m not saying that’s how the punishment should work. I’m saying that when you look at the scale of the findings, you understand why people are demanding serious consequences.
Serie A relegated its biggest club for a whole lot less.
This is potentially one of the biggest scandals football has ever seen, and it cannot simply disappear because Manchester City are one of the biggest clubs in the world.
Because if the rules were broken on this scale, it is not only Manchester City who were affected.
The entire competition was affected.
That is why this is so serious.” 👀
🚨🏴 𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗔: Leicester City se prepara para demandar al Manchester City por más de £1000M en daños y pérdidas tras perderse la clasificatoria a la UEFA Champions League en 2019-2020.
En aquella temporada, Manchester City fue perseguido por primera vez por irregularidades en sus finanzas.
Leicester City quedó de 5tos en aquella campaña y se quedó por fuera de la Champions League, en una temporada en la que Manchester City gastó +£200M en fichajes como Rodri y Joao Cancelo.
Leicester City cree que la Premier League debería haber hecho más para proteger la integridad de la competición para los clubes que no hacen parte del Big Six.
🚨 Rodri on Manchester City charges: “What we did, they cannot take it out of us. It's something that is not paid by money”.
“It's paid with effort, with partnership, with being shoulder to shoulder every day…”.
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