29 Sep 2026 19:46:12
On the BBC site, just read the following, released by Premier League:
Premier League confirm Man City guilty of all charges related to breaches of financial rules.
Man City arranged "sham contracts" with number of commercial partners as part of scheme to disguise secret funding over more than £830m.
Statement says City were guilty of majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate - but exact figure not given.
"7, 000 pages of transcripts"
In explaining the length of time it had taken to provide the parties with a decision, the independent commission wrote: "It has taken us much longer than we would have wished, and much longer than we had anticipated would be the case when the hearing concluded, to produce our decision. That is regrettable."
The commission added there were 7, 000 pages of transcripts from witness interviews to go through, alongside other documents, which in total amounted to "tens of thousands of pages".
Clearly City are taking things seriously,
Manchester City have just posted on X.
"Vote for your September Goal of the Month".
Saw yesterday that the solicitor of Rui Pinto, the guy who hacked and subsequently posted the information on Football Leaks, is living under Police protection following the receipt of death threats.
He also was prosecuted in Sept 2023 and received a 4 year suspended prison sentence!
Anyway, the solicitor said that he had been given (by Pinto) 2 hard drives full of additional information on this.
I think we are only seeing the beginning of things now. Just like Pandora's Box, it has been opened and there is a lot more to come out.
Put a shipping order in for popcorn, sit back and watch!
29 Sep 2026 21:05:34
Oh, it also seems City knew the verdict in the summer, so they rushed out to the shops and spent another £450m on players.
Get extra supplies in before the storm breaks!
29 Sep 2026 22:01:48
They did end up selling £300m as well, and loaning out another with a £50m + 10m add-on obligation. Counting that, there net spending was less than ours.