Man City Hearing On 115 FFP Rules Breaches To Begin Monday
The hearing into Manchester City’s 115 alleged breaches of Premier League financial regulations will begin on Monday, September 16.
The Premier League’s long-awaited hearing on Manchester City’s 115 alleged accusations will begin on Monday.
City has been charged with infringing financial fair play regulations for a nine-year period beginning in 2009 and ending in 2018.
During that time, Manchester City, who have denied all claims against them, won the Premier League three times.
Der Spiegel’s publication of Football Leaks data in 2018 spurred an investigation, and City is suspected of funnelling money from the club’s owners through UAE-based sponsors.
The hearing was supposed to commence in September, but it has now been confirmed that it will begin in just a few days.
City won the Premier League three times between 2009 and 2018, taking the trophy in 2012, 2014, and 2018.
Alan Shearer, meantime, has expressed his thoughts on the process ahead of the hearing next week.
The Premier League’s all-time leading goal scorer stated it will be difficult to properly follow what is going on in terms of a possible resolution, but he does not expect a speedy answer.
“Man City’s hearing begins next week, and although we saw points deductions for Everton and Forest last season, we have recently seen that Leicester’s argument was upheld from the independent committee,’ Shearer writes via Betfair, ‘I haven’t got a clue what is going to happen to Man City.
“I think over the next weeks, months, or however long it’s going to take, none of us will know what’s going on, what’s happening behind those walls or what the verdict will be, if any.
“It’s just a matter of sitting tight and waiting, and then we will all have to make judgement when that comes. I think it’ll be a very long time before it comes out.
“We don’t know whether they’re going to be found guilty of any, a handful or all the charges, so in terms of trying to predict what’s going to happen, I think it’s virtually impossible.”
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