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lurka
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of 'virtually all charges' according to Ornstein/NY Times. Sanction undecided, process ongoing. Will likely appeal
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Report mesmerised • September 25, 2026 3:09 PM BST
About time, now the fairest thing to do is for City to hand back all of their titles they stole, and rightfully hand them back to Arsenal and Liverpool, otherwise the league will lose credibility, Serie A did it. Kind Regards.
Report lurka • September 25, 2026 3:16 PM BST
guilty of 114 out of 115 charges reportedly. They will appeal and drag it out for another couple of years. Has to be a severe sanction. Ridiculous levels of cheating.

I'd say they knew it was coming for a while. Got that impression once Pep announced he was leaving.
Report ----you-have-to-laugh--- • September 25, 2026 3:21 PM BST
I thought this was known ages ago, 2 years or so.

Too big to fail, maybe, but is there an
actual punishment suggested?
Report ImSoLuckyLucky! • September 25, 2026 3:22 PM BST
Spurs will APPEAL
If they get relegated
Laugh
Report the old nanny ;-) • September 25, 2026 3:34 PM BST
Will they be Punnished this Season , points Deduction ?
Report mesmerised • September 25, 2026 3:43 PM BST
City denied absolutely everything and would found guilty of everything, costing over 100 mil in process, maybe more.

The punishment has to be severe because how could it not, that means relegation and/or all titles and trophies handed to the rightful winners.

Arsenal could sign Haaland on the cheap.
Report feed the goat...... • September 25, 2026 3:46 PM BST
He'd rather take up cricket then play for that shower of shoite...
Report mesmerised • September 25, 2026 3:49 PM BST
is that Premier League champions and CL runners up? ysdcLaugh
Report feed the goat...... • September 25, 2026 3:58 PM BST
Yup only took the ****s 24 years w@nk stain...
Report DIE LINKE • September 25, 2026 4:05 PM BST
Make 'em play a season with a handless goalie.
Report lurka • September 25, 2026 4:10 PM BST
They won't be punished this season as they'll appeal and any sanction will be suspended pending the appeal which will likely be 2028 at the earliest.

The charges relate to 2009-2018 but their success since then is tainted by it too. Not sure about titles being stripped before or after that period but they should be imo.

The owners appear not to think that they'll be demoted but are perhaps anticipating a transfer ban at least, given the spending in the summer, although most of it was spent on direct replacements for players leaving.

Hard to imagine flouting of the rules on a grander scale given the nature and extent of it. They have to be seen to throw the book at them now.
Report duffy • September 25, 2026 4:28 PM BST
I look forward to the result of the appeal process, I will need to be brought out of my cryogenisis to witness the result as I doubt I will be around in 2099 naturally.
Report ImSoLuckyLucky! • September 25, 2026 4:30 PM BST
Theres going to be a big
ASTERISK on all their
trophyies

Laugh
Report barstool • September 25, 2026 4:40 PM BST
They should be made to pay all the costs to the FA and docked enough points to ensure relegation to one of the lower leagues.
Report MrStrawMan • September 25, 2026 4:44 PM BST
Pointless fining them whatever the amount , no clubs in the championship would want them relegated as 1 less promotion place .
I expect a meaningless fine and a points deduction which leaves them just above the relegation zone , so basically 1 season out of europe .
Report badjoe • September 25, 2026 4:54 PM BST

Sep 25, 2026 -- 4:05PM, DIE LINKE wrote:


Make 'em play a season with a handless goalie.


They cut hands off in the UAE if a person is caught stealing, so perhaps His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan should cut his own hands off,seems fair to me....................Plain

Report SirNorbertClarke • September 25, 2026 4:55 PM BST
City need to play in convict strip - orange with black arrows
Report SirNorbertClarke • September 25, 2026 4:58 PM BST
A massive loss of face in Abu Dhabi
Report mesmerised • September 25, 2026 4:58 PM BST

Sep 25, 2026 -- 3:58PM, feed the goat...... wrote:


Yup only took the ****s 24 years w@nk stain...


22 years, not 24 years, maths not your strongest point either is it, ysdc Laugh

Report mesmerised • September 25, 2026 5:00 PM BST
The charges relate to 2009-2018 but their success since then is tainted by it too.

Who knows what they were also up to post 2018 that has not yet come to light.
Report SirNorbertClarke • September 25, 2026 5:20 PM BST
What about all the players who missed out on bonuses?
Report ImSoLuckyLucky! • September 25, 2026 5:21 PM BST
The charges are also criminal
Namely FRAUD and money laundering
Scotland yard should perscute
Go to the Old Bailey
Laugh
Report ----you-have-to-laugh--- • September 25, 2026 5:24 PM BST
Club should have its turnover rebased, and start again in league 2,with spending limited to 2million a season.

Let them regrow the same as all others do
Report Des Pond • September 25, 2026 5:34 PM BST
It's not cheating though, really. It's fraud, and on a pretty big scale. What Man Utd got up to in the 90's, and what many big clubs get up to on a regular basis is cheating. This is more serious than that, isn't it?
Report stattman • September 25, 2026 6:05 PM BST
There will not be one Championship club hoping that city are relegated .
Report roggrain • September 25, 2026 6:15 PM BST
Billionaires can buy trophies. This is nothing new in Football. Given that the sport's governing

body is FIFA it's not surprising.
Report GLASGOWCALLING • September 25, 2026 7:23 PM BST
So they are going to appeal, what may I ask as no punishment mentioned yet. ?
Report punchestown • September 25, 2026 8:02 PM BST
The Cheating Oil Merchants deserve the book to be thrown at them.
Report freddiewilliams • September 25, 2026 8:17 PM BST
4.4 to win premier......4.4 to be relegated
Report lurka • September 25, 2026 8:20 PM BST
City have a new 1.5bn 10 year deal with Ethihad which covers kit, training ground and stadium naming rights and it was basically rubbed stamped by the PL, so they are still going to have ridiculous sponsorship deals and not lose sponsors because they are nearly all related.

They also have a new 1bn 10 year kit deal with Puma, biggest ever for a PL team, which is also ridiculous. That's 250m a year on average between them.
Report mesmerised • September 25, 2026 8:45 PM BST
Surely Puma could pull out of it in light of the ruling, especially given a huge points deduction or even relegation is realistically on the cards.
Report punchestown • September 25, 2026 9:20 PM BST
Get ready for an unbelievable fudge
Report Storm Alert • September 25, 2026 10:11 PM BST
Financial fraud on a massive scale. Sponsors will be running for cover like rats leaving a sinking ship. What a stain on achievements over the years.

The PL might take a leaf out of the Tour De France and the Lance Armstrong debacle. i.e. expunge Man City from the records with no winner substituted in. Fans missed out celebrating their own team success in any case...
Report SirNorbertClarke • September 25, 2026 10:32 PM BST
Players missed out on bonuses.

Agents missed out on their 15% of those bonuses.

Expect a blizzard of claims.
Report mesmerised • September 25, 2026 10:49 PM BST
Don't think that should happen Storm, it's bit like Wimbledon having no 2020 winner because of Covid, leaves a hole in it's history, there should always be a designated winner be it the cheats or whoever finished runner up. Cycling however was different, problem with the tour de France during that EPO era was that you'd probably have to go back several dozen cyclists behind Lance Armstrong to find the first actual clean rider who could claim first place. Cycling during that period was simply a case of May the Best Chemist Win.
Report crystalhunt • September 25, 2026 11:53 PM BST
If they had any decency they wouldn't appeal and accept their punishment.
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