Manchester City’s 115 FFP charges to be resolved in ‘near future’

Manchester City’s 115 FFP charges to be resolved in ‘near future’. The Citizens are currently competing for their fourth successive league title

Manchester City’s 115 FFP charges to be resolved in ‘near future’

Manchester City’s 115 Premier League charges will be resolved shortly as the Cityzens continue pursuing the fourth consecutive league title, confirmed by the Premier League chief executive Richard Masters on Friday.

In 2023, Pep Guardiola’s side was hit with charges relating to alleged Financial Fair Play (FFP) breaches. The allegations go back to the 2009-10 season, one year after Sheikh Mansour bought the club.

With a whopping 115 charges, the outcome of the case is not known to anyone but teams like Everton and Nottingham Forest have suffered points deduction recently for breaching Profit and Sustainability Regulations. Similar or a worse result could be expected in City’s case.

Despite Premier League’s “strong” case against the defending champions. City have maintained their innocence throughout and say they have a “comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence” to support their case.

City are competing with Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal to win their fourth consecutive league title. Making them the first team to do so should they claim it.

Masters was asked if City winning another league title would damage the credibility of European football as the charges are still unsolved, he said: “It’s not for the football authorities to start being selective about who they would like to win the league.

Key point

“The key point is that you’ve got that jeopardy until the final day. Who knows where we will be on May 19?”

He refused to comment on when the hearing will be but confirmed that it would be in the “near future”.

“We can’t comment on the case, the date has been set and the case will resolve itself at some point shortly. And I cannot make any further comment on it,” Masters added.

It would be interesting to see in which direction the case goes. Especially after Everton and Forest were punished for having much fewer charges than City.