This case has already concluded but the public has not been informed whether Man City were successful. If the verdict was in favour of Pep Guardiola’s side, it’s understood that it would dramatically alter their FFP case as most of their charges would become redundant.
Last week, Guardiola claimed Man City’s Premier League rivals “want” them “to be sanctioned”.
“For the fact that all the Premier League teams want us to be sanctioned that is for sure – I agree with Tebas for the first time, and hopefully the last,” Guardiola said.
“That’s why I say to Mr Tebas and the Premier League teams – wait for the independent panel. Justice is there in a modern democracy so yeah, wait for the decision, it’s not more complicated than that.
“But I don’t know if he is a lawyer or the rest of the Premier League teams are lawyers so what I ask for is that – wait, it happened with Uefa. We believe that we have not done anything wrong so we go to an independent panel and we are going to wait.”
A report from The Telegraph claims Man City’s Premier League rivals ‘intend to call for severe penalties which could throw English football into turmoil’ if they are found guilty.
The report says Premier League clubs ‘believe a points deduction would not be suitable’ as an ‘alternative’ punishment has been ‘proposed’.
‘Telegraph Sport has been told that teams in the Premier League believe a points deduction — even one that relegated them to the Championship — would not be suitable if City are found guilty of most or all of the charges facing them, given the scale of cheating that would have been proven.
If City were demoted one division, they would be immediate favourites to be promoted. One alternative proposed by a senior figure in the game would be for points deductions to be applied across multiple seasons to severely impact their ability to challenge for honours.
‘Another sanction available to the independent commission sitting in judgment on the case would be expelling City from the Premier League; something that would have major consequences.’
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