‘Man City have to be relegated if discovered responsible – a precedent was set with Everton’

Manchester City have to be kicked out of the Premier League if they’re discovered responsible of breaking monetary guidelines, says former Sky Sports reporter Geoff Shreeves.

It’s a yr since City have been charged with 115 alleged breaches of the competitors’s monetary honest play rules between 2009 and 2018. The membership denies all the fees.

City’s case has been introduced again into focus following Everton’s 10-point deduction. The Toffees have appealed in opposition to the punishment and are awaiting the end result. They and Nottingham Forest have been hit with extra expenses.

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Given the severity of Everton’s punishment, there’s a clamour for City to be relegated, probably by a number of divisions, if they’re discovered responsible. Shreeves, who grilled dozens of top-flight bosses throughout his 30 years with Sky, agrees.

“The Everton and Manchester City charges are very different,” Shreeves, who left Sky final summer time, advised Lucky Block. “You cannot examine the 2 straight and Everton have been in dialogue with the Premier League right through their course of.

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“I think with Manchester City, it will come to court but not for two years at least. It’s a long, a long, long way down the road.

“I don’t see that the Premier League would have any other option [than to relegate City if they are found guilty]. They’ve set a precedent with Everton with those points deductions. They primarily pushed for a 12-point deduction. So it has to be a possibility, it has to be.”

Guardiola has insisted he would follow City even when they’re relegated to League One, a stage the membership final graced in 1998/99. Speaking final yr, the previous Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss stated: “In the moment we are innocent until guilt is proven. I know the people want it. I know, I feel it. I will wait.

“Wait and see it and after the sentence has been done, we will come here and explain it. But absolutely, I will not consider my future [if] it depends [on] being here or being in League One. Absolutely. There is more chance to stay if we are in League One than if we were in the Champions League.”