Manchester City guilty of 114 charges
Manchester City have been found guilty of breaking the majority of the 115 financial rules they were accused of breaching.
It has been reported that sanctions have yet to be decided, but that the independent panel has reached its verdict, finding the club guilty on all but one count.
The Premier League declined to comment. City also declined to confirm or deny whether the report was accurate.
In February 2023, City were charged with more than 100 alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules following a four-year investigation.
The club was referred to an independent commission over allegations that it had breached financial regulations between 2009 and 2018.
The hearing began behind closed doors in September 2024 and concluded in December after around 12 weeks.
The Premier League alleged that City had breached rules requiring clubs to provide “accurate financial information that gives a true and fair view of the club’s financial position”.
City have strongly denied all the charges and have said their case is supported by a “comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence”.
The club won eight trophies during the period covered by the case, including three Premier League titles, three League Cups, one Community Shield and one FA Cup.
The charges span the managerial tenures of Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini, as well as the first two years of Pep Guardiola’s reign. Guardiola left City after 10 seasons at the end of the 2025-26 campaign.
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A separate legal dispute between City and the Premier League was also heard last year.
In 2024, an independent arbitration panel ruled against aspects of the league’s Associated Party Transaction regulations after City challenged the rules through arbitration.
A tribunal held in February 2025 found that the Premier League’s rules governing sponsorship deals between 2021 and 2024 were “void and unenforceable”.
City and the Premier League reached a settlement in September 2025, with the club accepting that the APT rules were valid and binding, while both parties agreed to end the legal proceedings.
The regulations were introduced by the Premier League to prevent clubs from benefiting from commercial agreements with companies linked to their owners where those deals are deemed to be above “fair market value”.
