Man City 115 FFP charges latest amid current PSR status claim and Rodri future 'pledge'
Day three of Manchester City's hearing against the Premier League will commence shortly with updates already coming to light. City are alleged to have breached financial rules spread across a nine-year period between 2009 and 2018 - although the club irrefutably deny any wrongdoing.
Across the last 48 hours, numerous lawyers - and some big name ones - have been spotted arriving to the secret location of the hearing in London. And that is likely to be the case for the coming weeks with the case unlikely to end until late-November - at the earliest - with a final verdict tipped to arrive in 2025.
With proceedings underway, numerous experts have delivered verdicts on City's potential punishments and the knock-on impact of what significant sanctions might bring. Based on that, European heavyweights seem to have taken a keen interest in the case with Real Madrid watching on closely.
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In the meantime, City will be preparing for their first Champions League clash of the season against Inter Milan. Here are the latest headlines from the Etihad Stadium and beyond;
City transfer impact
"I suspect there's no PSR issue in the near term," he said to Football Insider. "Clearly, that would change if they were unsuccessful in the 115 situation. If they were, let's say relegated, then clearly that's going to change everything. But if that doesn't happen then I think they've got a lot of capacity on PSR."
That's certainly some good news for City in what will likely be a tense few months as they await the final outcome of the hearing.
Double Rodri update
Real Madrid might be taking a keen interest in City's case given their transfer interest in Rodri. The Spanish giants are said to be admirers of the midfielder, though their could be some financial issues preventing Madrid's interest becoming formalised.
However, even if Madrid were pushing to sign him, Rodri does not appear intent on departing City any time soon. Asked about his future at Etihad Stadium, the 28-year-old said: "I have three more years with Man City and when I sign the contract I don't think of other teams. Nothing more to say."