Manchester City charges: Premier League confirms club guilty of all charges…
Published29 September 2026, 17:07 BST
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Manchester City arranged "sham contracts" with a number
Manchester City arranged "sham contracts" with a number of its commercial partners as part of a scheme to disguise secret funding of more than £830m, the Premier League says.
The League confirmed that City have been found
The League confirmed that City have been found guilty of all charges related to breaches of Premier League financial rules between 2009-10 and 2017-18.
An independent commission found that, during that time
An independent commission found that, during that time period, the club arranged the "sham contracts" as well as "relying on sham agreements to artificially inflate the club's revenues and reduce its costs". The club continues to deny any wrongdoing.
News broke last week that City had been
News broke last week that City had been found guilty of breaking the majority of the 115 financial rules they were accused of breaching, but on Tuesday the Premier League published a redacted version of the Commission's report.
The commission's report said the charges "concerned well
The commission's report said the charges "concerned well over 100 alleged individual breaches of Premier League Rules across four broad charge categories".
It also found the club guilty of all
It also found the club guilty of all charges except one relating to non-cooperation with the Premier League investigation. The sham commercial deals were described as being part of a "disguised funding scheme" to the scale of £830.69m.
"The relevant sponsorship agreements were found to be
"The relevant sponsorship agreements were found to be shams, or at minimum did not reflect their economic substance," the commission said.
It also describes "deliberate or reckless conduct intended
It also describes "deliberate or reckless conduct intended to circumvent the Premier League rules" and that the "sham" scheme devised by City allowed the club "to avoid recording what would otherwise have been the largest single-season loss in Premier League history in 2009-10". Live reaction - Man City guilty: 'Sham' contracts and £830m overstated income revealed
Richard Masters, chief executive of the Premier League
Richard Masters, chief executive of the Premier League, said: "The core decision establishes the facts of what happened at Manchester City during this period. It details how the club systematically broke Premier League Rules for nearly a decade.
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Manchester City charges: Premier League confirms club guilty of all charges related to financial rule breaches
Published29 September 2026, 17:07 BST
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