Man City guilty of 114 charges - 5 Live Reaction
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What exactly did the Premier League find Manchester City guilty of?
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Right, let's try and take you through the day then, as far as Manchester City are concerned. More than three and a half years after being charged with breaching the Premier League's financial rules, it does appear, the Premier League haven't confirmed this, and I'll give you a Manchester City statement shortly which doesn't confirm it either, but it does appear that they've been found guilty. of almost all the charges. Let's start with BBC Sports' Dale Johnson sitting across me in the studio. What were they accused of and how have we ended up here this evening?
Yeah, well, you said this was three and a half years in the making, but it's really probably eight years, which is when there was first leaks published by the German newspaper Der Spiegel. And it alleged that there had been sponsorship revenues from the state-owned airline Etihad, another company linked to Manchester City and Chez Monchaux's Abu Dhabi United Group. The income had been disguised as sponsorship income by channelling the funds through the company accounts. Now, this was alleged it was a means of meeting financial fair play rules introduced by UEFA in 2011 and also the profit and sustainability rules brought in by the Premier League. in 2012, which limited clubs permitted losses. Now the suggestion is that this money made it appear that the club weren't losing money, that they actually were.
Now the 115 charges are broken up into 54 of failing to provide accurate financial information, 35 of failing to cooperate. But probably the most important are the seven of breaching the PSR rules, five of failing to comply with UEFA's rules, and 14 of making payments to players and managers through these companies and clubs.
Nothing has been confirmed. The Premier League and Manchester City, nothing has been confirmed. City's statement today, the Premier League process remains ongoing with significant elements to be completed and subject to strict confidentiality. As such... Manchester City's position remains consistent with the statement of February 2023. The club has diligently respected the due process for eight years on the basis that the Premier League board and executive will behave as an independent, impartial and fair-minded regulator, free from partisan influence. And that's where we're at, isn't it? Nothing has been officially confirmed.
Yeah, I mean, it's been incredible, really. It's been a very tight process. There have been no leaks about any potential results or sanction until now. Now, BBC Sport has been told by senior club source that a select group of club directors were informed by email and had to sign a non-disclosure agreement before they could read the document about the league and Man City's charges. Now, clearly, that NDA appears as though it was not particularly watertight because Now we've found out this information, we've found out that the decision has been reached and Man City are going to face punishment.
Do you think it's important, before I bring Rory and Stefan in, to highlight that when we look at a punishment at this stage, that there is no precedent to this case? Yes, there are elements of this case that have been punished before. But all of those charges, that bigger picture, there is no precedent. People could point at this club or that club and a punishment there on what happened to them in that league and so on and so forth.
Yeah, there's absolutely nothing. I mean, you can look at the 10 points reduced to six, which Everton got, followed by their two points for PSR. Forest got four points for PSR, but those were minor breaches.
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