Manchester City’s haters have got their pitch forks out demanding justice for their alleged 115 breaches of FFP, but how will the Treble winners feel about their potential sanctions?
Everton and Nottingham Forest have been docked points for financial breaches this season, and Chelsea may soon join them in being punished for their above-threshold losses.
While this has been ongoing, onlookers of the Premier League eagerly await the verdict on Man City’s alleged wrongdoing as they face far more serious punishment if found guilty.
Last week, former Everton and Aston Villa CEO Keith Wyness poured fuel on the fire by claiming “expulsion” from the Premier League is now “on the table” for Man City “for the first time” after the reasoning behind Forest’s punishment was revealed.
So it is squeaky bum time at the Etihad. But that being said, Man City will be lawyered up beyond belief as, after investing literal billions to become a footballing superpower, they will now be spending a fortune in an attempt to protect their under-scrutiny image.
There is a lot at stake for Man City and of the five main punishments they could face, which will impact them the most? Below we’ve ranked them from least to most severe…
5) A fine
Man City‘s Sheikh Mansour may have been overtaken by PIF in the Premier League owner-rich list, but he is certainly still not short of a pound note or two.
So while a multi-million-pound fine would be enough to send certain English clubs into turmoil, it would not even scratch the surface at Man City.
If you cast your mind back to the whole European Super League debacle, the ‘Big Six’ clubs involved were only made to pay a £22m settlement to the Premier League over their attempted breakaway.
This half-hearted slap on the
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