NewzManchester City has lodged a “comprehensive” appeal, the club confirmed Friday, following the publication of a report by an independent commission detailing large-scale financial rule-breaking by the Premier League giant in one of English soccer's biggest scandals.“The club’s firm position,” read a short statement from City, “is that, on multiple grounds, the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact and is unsafe.”City has protested its innocence throughout the long-running case, which dates back to 2018 and reached a milestone Tuesday, when the Premier League published a verdict saying the Abu Dhabi-controlled club was “guilty of all charges related to serious breaches” of the competition’s financial rules from 2009-18.City has yet to receive a punishment. According to the Premier League, potential sanctions could be a reprimand, fine, points deduction or, in the worst case, expulsion from the competition. No team has ever been expelled from English soccer’s top flight.City officials said they would lodge an appeal and that was filed on Thursday evening, the club said, ahead of Friday’s deadline.“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,” City said, using language from previous statements on the case.The appeal hearing should be over within 12 weeksPremier League regulations state that the chair of the three-person disciplinary commission that found against City now has to appoint a new appeal board.
That also will consist of three people, one of whom “shall have held judicial office,” the league’s rules state.The appeal board will then schedule a hearing that should finish within 12 weeks after the appeal is filed, and cannot exceed five consecutive days.That will be addressed in a separate, confidential hearing with the commission and there has been no word whether sanctions can be imposed before the decision of the appeal is reached.The Premier League has only said its intention is that the process is concluded “as soon as possible.”City’s $1B rule-breaking using ‘sham’ commercial deals, according to commissionCity was found to have systematically broken the Premier League’s financial rules for nearly a decade in what the competition’s chief executive, Richard Masters, described as the most… Manchester City confirmed on Friday that it had launched a “comprehensive appeal” after an independent commission ruled the club had broken Premier League financial rules. The Premier League announced on Tuesday that an independent commission had found the Abu Dhabi-backed club guilty on more than 100 charges.
The 10-time English champions, who have always vehemently denied wrongdoing, said in a statement on Friday they had lodged an appeal on Thursday — a day before the deadline. “Manchester City Football Club can confirm that at 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Thursday 1st October 2026 the club lodged its comprehensive appeal against the opinion of the Premier League commission, in relation to the Premier League disciplinary matter,” the club said. “The club’s firm position is that, on multiple grounds, the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact and is unsafe.
“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. “We will continue to respect due process and are necessarily restricted in what we can say further until all proceedings are complete.” AFP The post Man City confirm appeal after Premier League charges verdict appeared first on Vanguard News. The club claims the ruling contains clear material errors of fact and law after being found guilty of sham contracts and off-book payments
(EPA Images pic)MANCHESTER: Manchester City confirmed on Friday that it had launched a "comprehensive appeal" after an independent commission ruled the club had broken Premier League financial rules.The Premier League announced on Tuesday that an independent commission had found the Abu Dhabi-backed club guilty on more than 100 charges.The 10-time English champions, who have always vehemently denied wrongdoing, said in a statement on Friday they had lodged an appeal on Thursday – a day before the deadline."Manchester City Football Club can confirm that at 7.00pm (1800 GMT) on Thursday 1st October 2026 the club lodged its comprehensive appeal against the opinion of the Premier League commission in relation to the Premier League disciplinary matter," the club said."The club's firm position is that, on multiple grounds, the opinion contains clear material errors of law, principle and fact and is unsafe."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."We will continue to respect due process and are necessarily restricted in what we can say further until all proceedings are complete."
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