Man City ‘disillusioned’ with Premier League and slams ‘unsafe’ course of after responsible verdict
Manchester City have issued a statement taking aim at the Premier League following a statement published by the league regarding the club’s breaches of financial regulations
Manchester City have issued a statement(Image: Getty Images)
Manchester City have issued a statement taking aim at the Premier League.
The club were found guilty of 114 charges of breaching Premier League financial regulations between 2009 and 2018. However, they continue to deny any wrongdoing.
A statement was released by the Premier League today, the first time the league have broken its silence since the guilty verdict was announced on Friday. The Premier League said City artificially inflated the club’s revenues, and reduced its costs, by more than £900 million through “sham” contracts.
Man City have been found guilty(Image: Getty Images)
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Just minutes after the Premier League’s statement, City issued a statement of their own on their website. City have until Friday to appeal, an option they have repeatedly said they would take.
The statement said: “Manchester City FC is both disappointed and surprised by the opinion of the Premier League Commission, that has been published today.
“The Club is innocent of the accusations made by the Premier League and a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence exists in support of all of its positions, relating to this case. The Club will therefore be relentless, and where necessary proactive, in any and all appropriate regulatory and legal forums.
“The Premier League process remains ongoing, with significant elements uncompleted. Manchester City FC will now pursue the appeal avenues open to it, on the basis that the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact, and is unsafe.
“The Club has diligently respected due process for eight years on the basis that the Premier League Board and Executive would behave as an independent, impartial and fair-minded regulator, free from partisan influence.
“The Club is obviously restricted in what it can say further until all future proceedings are complete.”
