Premier League confirm Man City trial date set as Arsenal and Tottenham await points deduction outcome

A date when Manchester City will face an independent commission hearing over 115 alleged breaches of the Premier League ’s Profit and Sustainability Regulations (PSRs) has been set, it has been confirmed.

The Premier League champions were hit with the charges in February last year, prior to Everton being found to be in breach of PSR for the first time in March, a breach that the club have already been punished for with a 10-point deduction, currently under appeal. Everton and Nottingham Forest were handed fresh charges for breaching PSR for the financial year ending 2023, with both clubs referred to an independent commission.

That led to some questions about the status of Manchester City's own case, one that is historical and looks back at nearly a decade’s worth of potential breaches, many centred around alleged inflation of commercial agreements to allow greater spending to circumvent PSR rules. They are charges that City have robustly denied.

Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham are among the clubs that will be continually assessing what the PSR sanctions could mean for City. Premier League chief executive Richard Masters, appearing at a Parliamentary select committee in Westminster on Tuesday morning to face questions over the delay in getting a ‘new deal for football’ agreed with the EFL, admitted that a date had been set for City’s hearing when quizzed on its status.

Said Masters: “I can (understand fans’ frustration) but they are very different charges (for Everton, when compared to Manchester City). When any club, the current champions or otherwise, found themselves in breach for 2022/23 then they would be in exactly the same position as Everton and Nottingham Forest.

“The volume and character of the charges against