All 115 Man City charges explained after Pep Guardiola Premier League hearing admission
The Premier League's long-awaited hearing into Manchester City's 115 alleged charges will start on Monday. City have been charged with breaking financial fair play rules over a nine-year period, which started in 2009 following the Abu Dhabi United Group takeover and went on until 2018.
The independent hearing is anticipated to last approximately two months although the verdict is not expected to be made public until spring 2025 at the earliest, according to reports. If found guilty, the sternest punishment is relegation, while points deductions and fines are also potential penalties.
But what have City been charged for? According to a Premier League statement released at the time, City were charged with 54 counts of failing to provide accurate financial information from 2009/10 until 2017/18. They also didn't provide accurate details for player and manager payments from 2009/10 to 2017/18 on 14 occasions.
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City have been handed five charges related to their inability to comply with UEFA's rules including Financial Fair Play (FFP) from 2013/14 to 2017/18, while another seven charges are for breaching the Premier League's Profitability and Sustainability (PSR) rules from 2015/16 until 2017/18. The final 35 charges are for failing to co-operate with Premier League investigations from December 2018 until February 2023.
Manchester City are accused of:
54x Failure to provide accurate financial information 2009/10 to 2017/18.
14x Failure to provide accurate details for player and manager payments from 2009/10 to 2017/18.
5x Failure to comply with UEFA's rules including Financial Fair Play (FFP) 2013/14 to 2017/18.
7x Breaching Premier League's PSR rules 2015/16 to 2017/18.
35x Failure to co-operate with Premier League investigations December 2018 - February 2023.
On the eve of the trial starting, City boss Pep Guardiola admitted he was "happy" the case was finally being heard. Before their game win against Brentford on Saturday, the Spaniard said: "It starts soon and hopefully finishes soon. An independent panel will decide and I am looking forward to the decision.
"I'm happy it's starting on Monday. I know there will be more rumours, new specialists about the sentences. We're going to see. I know what people are looking forward to, what they expect, I know, what I read for many, many years. Everybody is innocent until guilt is proven. So we'll see."
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