Premier League rivals are demanding Manchester City are RELEGATED if found guilty of a staggering 100-plus breaches of FFP rules, writes MARTIN LIPTON.
The Etihad outfit were left stunned as top-flight chiefs dumped the unprecedented charges after a four-year probe into the club’s financial affairs.
- City were accused of a series of financial dodges between 2009 and 2018 including:
- Hiding the true source of the club’s funding
- Declaring only part of salaries to players and former boss Roberto Mancini
- Breaching Uefa AND Premier League financial fair play regulations.
- Deliberately obstructing the Prem investigation since it was opened in December 2018, including during this season.
And while angry City insisted they would be “vindicated”, Premier League clubs are demanding blood and a swift verdict AND punishment before the end of the season.
One club chief said: “If these charges are proven there must be proper punishment - and the only fitting one is for them to be relegated.
“We’re talking about a decade of alleged abuses and want the Premier League to do the right thing.”
The Etihad outfit were left stunned as top-flight chiefs dumped the unprecedented charges after a four-year probe into the club’s financial affairs.
The decision to bring 30 charges detailing 115 alleged breaches of regulations - and signed off by the League board including chief executive Richard Masters - came out of the sky blue for City chiefs who only knew it was coming in a telephone call to chief exec Ferran Soriano from Prem bosses, timed to coincide with the public release.
