He Manchester City He faces a trial that could change the history of football, but his players are calm. From the club, they sent a message to the dressing room to express the calm that reigns within the board of directors. Despite the 115 charges brought against the entity for breaching the rules of financial fair play, the Etihad considers that it will not lose and that the threat of relegation hanging over the Mancunian team will come to nothing.
In England, they reveal the message of tranquility that the board of directors has conveyed to the players. So much so Ferran Soriano, CEO of the club, as Txiki Begiristain, sports director, they are sure that nothing will happen. Everything will come to nothing, since they affirm that “Manchester City did not break any rules“, they therefore believe that they will not be sanctioned.
Among the charges against them, 54 of these correspond to the lack of transparency and information on the income of citizen. Hence the suspicions that Abu Dhabi’s economic injections were disguised as sponsorships. In this way, the club would have made large outlays in the market, with money that would have arrived in the club’s coffers in violation of the regulations and that, therefore, would have made it skip the financial fair play.
But the club believe he will emerge unscathed from the accusations against him. From England, they claim that Manchester City For years he has been trying to reassure his players that nothing will happen, even though they are seriously threatened with relegation.
They are based on statements he made at the time Aymeric Laporte. The current Al-Nassr footballer wore this jersey for five years sky blue and revealed on one occasion what the board of directors of the entity had transmitted to them. “When the news broke, the sporting director and the CEO came to tell all the players and staff that We can all be very calm because Manchester City have not broken any rules.“, the player then stressed.
“They told us everything was fine, that’s why we all think City will be fine. I don’t think there is a problem“, said the Spanish central defender, confident that the word of the leaders of the Manchester City whichever one prevails during the trial which opens this Monday against the club.
Manchester City on trial
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, related to its high sponsorship revenues. Another 14 relate to the club’s failure to provide accurate information on players’ and coaches’ 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 rules and financial fair play between the 2013-2014 and 2017-2018 seasons. On the other hand, seven are for non-compliance with the rules of the Premier League between 2015 and 2018. And finally, 35 offences for failure to cooperate between December 2018 and February 2023 with the Premier League investigation.
