Man City's case s a lot more serious than inflated sponsorships. I wish people stopped comparing us to this lot. It's like we stole cheap sausages in our local Tesco and got caught, while Man City have been drug smuggling for over a decade.
MIKE KEEGAN: According to a 2020 UEFA report, City took two £15m payments from an Abu Dhabi-based individual in 2012 and 2013, sums that should have come from a club sponsor.
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The reigning league champions trumpeted a deal with gambling firm 8xBet in the summer as they introduced 'a new regional partnership that will see the brand become the Official Betting Partner.
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The Premier League’s bombshell case against Manchester City goes beyond rules of Financial Fair Play and is really about allegations of dishonesty
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£20m financial penalty I reckon, which would equate to about the same amount of money their owners make in around 15 minutes.
Essentially telling them they'll be able to do this over and over again to guarantee success for decades.
Nothing more than gigantic financial times AND kicking them out of the Premier League AND banning then from participating in the Premier League for 5 years will do.
But of course their punishment won't even be as severe as the one we got for spending £19m too much and admitting our guilt.