Man City FFP: ‘Legal advice’ gives Premier League ‘encouragement’ with ‘grounds to appeal’ verdict

Manchester City have reportedly dealt a potential. Financial Fair Play blow as it’s emerg that. UEFA receiv ‘legal advice’ to appeal their 2020 case.

At the start of 2023, Man City were charg with breaching over 100 of the Premier League’s FFP rules. They were referr to an independent commission following a four-year probe into their conduct between 2009 and 2018.

Pep Guardiola‘s side have insist on their innocence, but if they are found guilty they could be given a huge fine. Points deduction, transfer ban, expulsion from the Premier League or have their titles stripp.

This case has already dragged on too long, but Man City’s FFP hearing concluded at the end of last week as lawyers made their closing arguments.

The original 115 alleg breaches now total 130 because when the Premier League announc the charges in. February 2023 there was confusion สมัคร ufabet over some of the rules list in relation to particular seasons and it had to issue a correction.

‘One senior legal source told The Times that the three-man panel would be acutely aware of the attention. Focus on the outcome of the case and would be working flat out to get their judgment out as soon as possible. That could be the end of January, according to the source, but the number of alleged rule breaches and the complexity of the case could mean that it is delay.’

City who deny any wrongdoing, could be hit with a heavy points

Deduction or even relegation if the more serious charges are prov. In that case, the club are almost certain to lodge an appeal, which the legal source said could take six to eight months to be complet.

‘The Independent has learn that external lawyers proposed an appeal to the Swiss courts as Uefa’s best response to. City’s victory at CAS in July 2020, which got their Champions League ban lift.

‘The revelation Uefa were advis there were grounds to appeal may give encouragement to the Premier League, who are prosecuting City for 130 alleged FFP breaches based on similar evidence in a hearing that concluded last week.