This Monday begins one of the events that could completely change modern football, the trial that puts the Manchester City and measures the 115 offenses that the first League identified. Over the next 10 weeks, for two and a half months, the club citizens He will defend himself and deny any breach of the fair play rules that he allegedly failed to respect according to the English competition, the outcome of the trial will mark how shaky modern football is.
He Manchester City He is exposed to 115 offences, each different, of a disparate nature, not all of the same nature. The vast majority, 54 out of the 115 defined, correspond to those linked to the lack of transparency and information of citizens compared to the entity’s income and which reinforces the theory that the club concealed the financial injections of Abu Dhabi Ownerswhich allowed significant disbursements without violating financial fair play.
These were the emails leaked by Football leaks of the hacker Rui I paint those who supported these accusations and who previously led to the UEFA punish them severely Manchester City from a two-season sentence without playing in European competitions despite the fact that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will revoke it because the facts have expired. On this occasion, time will not play in favor of the citizenssince there is no limitation in this sense.
Among the multitude of leaks obtained through these emails, the modus operandi directors of the Manchester City at that time, where names like Simon Pearceone of the club’s leaders and liaison officer with Abu Dhabi; graham Wallacefinancial director of the City; and Andre Widowerfinance manager. In these emails
Also publications from The Spiegel They point out that some of the offences involve hidden bonuses or salaries for players and coaches between 2009 and 2013, when he was training. Robert Mancini. He earned a salary of £1.45m net after tax and in return received, through the coach’s company in Italy, £1.75m a year to work as a consultant for the Abu Dhabi-based Al Jazira club. There are also documents revealed by the contract of Yaya Toure.
Why are they investigating Manchester City?
At Manchester City They are investigating him for 115 offences detected by the Premier League. Of these, 54 relate to the club’s failure to provide financial information between 2009 and 2018, relating to its high sponsorship revenues. Another 14 relate to the club’s failure to provide accurate information on player and manager contracts during the same period, in particular the focus on unofficial payments to Roberto Mancini And Yaya Toure.
Five other offences correspond to non-compliance with UEFA regulations and Financial Fair Play between seasons 13/14 and 17/18. On the other hand, seven are for non-compliance with Premier League rules between 2015 and 2018. And finally, 35 offences for failure to cooperate between December 2018 and February 2023 with the Premier League investigation.
The fines City faces
He Manchester City faces different types of sanctions. On the one hand, in the best case for citizensdeduction of points in the first Leagueand in the worst of them, expulsion from the maximum competition. According to Daily MailIf the most serious accusations are proven, relegation seems inevitable for those Pep Guardiolataking into account that Everton were deducted eight for simply exceeding their financial losses.
How long can the trial last?
The trial was delayed as long as possible by the Manchester Citypresenting various requests and complaints that have considerably lengthened this whole process, among other things the documentation to be delivered. According to various British media, the trial should last about ten weeks, or two and a half months. Although the appeal procedure could make the disputes last for years.
