‘I will say nothing without my lawyer’ – Twitter reacts as Manchester City face stern consequences for 115 financial rule violations since 2009
English Premier League top football club Manchester City have been charged with a number of alleged breaches of financial rules and the case has been referred to an independent commission. The club said in a statement that they are surprised of being guilty of the breaches they are been charged with by the league. The alleged breaches are from the duration of 2009-10 to 2017-18.
The club has been alleged to breach the rules of the competition requiring the provision “in utmost good faith” of “accurate financial information that gives a true and fair view of the club’s financial position”.
The league says that the final financial information is related to “revenue (including sponsorship revenue), its related parties, and its operating costs.” The club’s manager during that period was Italy’s, Roberto Mancini.
A number of alleged breaches of the Premier League rules by Manchester City Football Club: Premier League
The second breach which is listed is related to the breaking of rules “requiring a member club to include full details of manager remuneration in its relevant contracts with its manager” which is related to from 2009-10 to 2012-13 season.
The second set of alleged breaches also refers to the requirements for a club which includes the details of all the player’s salaries within the valid contract from the seasons 2010-11 to 2015-16. The third section deals with requiring clubs to commend with UEFA financial fair play regulations, between 2013-14 to 2017-18.
The fourth set of alleged breaches is related to Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules from 2015-16 to 2017-18 edition.
In the end, the club is accused of breaking league rules demanding that, starting in December 2018, member clubs cooperate with and support the Premier League’s investigations.
The Premier League has forwarded the alleged offenses to an independent panel after beginning its investigation in March 2019.
“In accordance with Premier League rule W.82.1, the Premier League confirms that it has today [February 6 2023] referred a number of alleged breaches of the Premier League rules by Manchester City Football Club to a commission under Premier League rule W.3.4.” Premier League said in a statement.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to this incident:
— Tim Campbell (@TimCampbellVO) February 6, 2023
— Simply Accelerator (@KingZahard7) February 6, 2023
— BHAFC Reddit (@BhafcR) February 6, 2023
— RICHARD LAWTON (@LAWTONRalawton) February 6, 2023
“Manchester city surprised” pic.twitter.com/s03eCVT4dM
— Danięł🥷🏾🏹 (@ManUTD1878__) February 6, 2023
“Manchester City FC is surprised" pic.twitter.com/uuoU4IoPiD
— Jamie Dąbrowiecki (@jdabXO) February 6, 2023
Getting Haaland, Pep and De Bruyne for a combined £25 million pounds ain’t bad.
— 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 (@isuccess_) February 6, 2023
Surprised the brown envelopes haven’t worked maybe
— Rory Talks Football (@Rory_Talks_Ball) February 6, 2023
A cheater is always surprised when they get caught.
— ᴊᴜʟɪᴏ (@DaX05) February 6, 2023
— MrBDK (@MrBDK_YT) February 6, 2023
