By Heracles Athletics, Feb. 10. The reigning English Premier League champions Manchester City have recently become a regular feature on the list of topics, with the Premier League now accusing the city of 115 violations, including financial fraud and a series of non-cooperation with investigations, all signs of which have led to the suspicion that Manchester City is guilty of violations.
The government of the United Kingdom has long fought against the EPL why recently decided to take Manchester City to the knife? In addition to collecting certain evidence, if the lawsuit is successful, it will prove that the EPL is capable of mastering internal matters and does not need the intervention of the British government. The focus of attention is undoubtedly on whether Manchester City, which has once again hired super-lawyer Pennichuck, can once again get out of trouble for the city in response to the allegations.
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Financial irregularities are nothing new in major soccer clubs, just whether or not they are revealed and whether or not the officials want to look into it. As the absolute giants of the Premier League, or more appropriately, the giants of the land, the Blue Moon are not soft in buying people, and in the 10 years they have been exposed for financial irregularities, more than 20 Championship clubs have been fined for violating regulations. No one would believe that.
Which rule did Manchester City break?
The Premier League has a provision similar to UEFA’s FFP Financial Fairness Act, which aims to control the salary limits of clubs, or what we call the salary cap. According to the rules, a club’s first-team staff salary increase will be capped at a further £3 million below its commercial income, and the largest proportion of commercial income is sponsorship fees. The Premier League’s suspicions about Manchester City include concealing the actual salaries of staff and fictitious sponsorship income.
According to the terms of the FFP, a club’s accumulated losses cannot exceed a certain limit within three years. If the Premier League’s suspicions are true, it is likely that City has already violated the rules, but only because an oil tycoon behind the club is injecting money under the guise of sponsorship, allowing the club to continue to operate.
What are the possible penalties for City’s violations?
Although there are as many as 115 charges, City is used to facing such big scenes, and after all, it is not the first time they have been investigated and charged. In 2020, UEFA had a failed battle with Manchester City, the luxury lawyers appealed to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, UEFA’s financial irregularities against the blue moon allegations because “allegations have exceeded the five-year statute of limitations” and “no legitimate and conclusive evidence” was overturned. This time, the EPL is not only trying to clean up the culture of irregularities, but also to prove to the British government that the league is capable of managing itself.
In view of the fact that there is no recourse period in the rules of the EPL, they have spent a whole 10 years collecting evidence in order to make an example of Manchester City by capsizing this big boat. If they lose the case, City may be fined, have their points deducted, or even be relegated to the second division, and the transfer of players will also be affected. City, of course, will not just sit back and wait, they once again hired super lawyer Panik, who was the main force in helping City to defeat UEFA two years ago, and has twice prevented Britain from leaving the European Union, so his professional ability is undoubted.
However, lawyer Panik’s rate is £5,000 to £10,000 per hour. If he works at full capacity for a week, his weekly salary will be comparable to Kevin De Bruyne, City’s highest-paid man, but this is not a big deal for the money behind City. The direction of the debate will probably be based on the EPL’s violation of “procedural justice”, and maybe the EPL will win the case, or maybe it will not, but it is certain that the lawsuit will take a short time.
According to Heracles Athletics, the EPL’s desire to prove itself is commendable, and it is a good thing to get rid of bad habits, but the EPL will have a lot of trouble after winning the lawsuit. If it ends up like this, the battle between the Premier League and Manchester City will be a lose-lose situation, and the smart ones are bound to settle it privately.
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