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The mood around Manchester City is “quite calm” despite the club being embroiled in 115 alleged breaches of financial rules in the Premier League. Notably, the reigning European treble winners were charged with the aforementioned case last February after their acquisition by Abu Dhabi-based City Football Group, and on Tuesday, January 16, the hearing date was set.
The CEO of the Premier League, Richard Masters spoke about the Manchester City situation in front of the MPs, especially in regards to how a hearing date has been set between the two sides. Everton, who were deducted 10 points on the Premier League table for breaching the FFP rules earlier in the season, are facing potential points deduction once again, alongside Nottingham Forest, who are breaching the same rules too.
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Richard Masters was quoted as saying about the matter on January 16, “If any club, the current champions or otherwise, had been found in breach of the spending rules, they would be in the same position as Everton or Nottingham Forest. he said. But the volume and character of the charges laid before Manchester City, which I obviously cannot talk about at all, are being heard in a completely different environment.”
There is a date set for that proceeding. Unfortunately, I can’t tell you when that is but it is progressing,” he told the following Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee of the UK Parliament.
Following this, the reporter Jack Gaughan gave insight into the mood around English champions while speaking at the MailSport’s Manchester City Q&A on Wednesday, January 17. He remarked, “The general mood around City is quite calm now. The week during which they were charged was fraught in the offices, and people needed reassuring of their jobs through conversations with line managers down from chief executive Ferran Soriano.”
“That subsided fairly quickly and it’s just a waiting game. Employees are told that the club are robustly defending their corner and, given what happened at CAS following the UEFA judgement, they seem confident that they will do just that,” added Jack Guahgan.
