Joe Donnohue
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Why Manchester United risk becoming collateral damage in guilty Manchester City fallout (opens the original)
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Fallout from the independent commission’s decision to find Manchester City guilty on 114 charges of breaching Premier League financial regulations continues to ripple through English football. While much of the immediate commentary focuses on potential sporting penalties for Man City, an equally significant narrative could be yet to unfold across town at Old Trafford. Man United chief executive Omar Berrada was headhunted by Sir Jim Ratcliffe in early 2024, brought in as a shining example of ope
Manchester City will use political loophole to have guilty verdict overturned: report (opens the original)
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Manchester City are expected to appeal their guilty verdict in relation to the 114 Premier League rule breaches by deploying a potentially controversial legal argument. The club will claim that disputed sponsorship funds were paid directly by the Abu Dhabi government rather than the club's individual owners, according to The Times' Chief Sports Correspondent Matt Lawton. The legal strategy, arguing that cash injections originated from state coffers rather than private owner funding, will reporte
How Argentina can still retire Lionel Messi's iconic No. 10 shirt despite FIFA rules (opens the original)
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Lionel Messi has decided to step away from international football following Argentina's friendly against Benin this month. The Argentine Football Association (AFA) must now decide how to permanently honour arguably the greatest player in their nation's history. AFA president Claudio Tapia has previously expressed a desire to retire the iconic No. 10 shirt but FIFA's strict tournament regulations make that virtually impossible. Under current FIFA rules, national teams are prohibited from retiring
Manchester City saw guilty verdict coming and made sure any transfer ban will be useless (opens the original)
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The long-awaited verdict regarding Manchester City’s battle with the Premier League has finally arrived. An independent commission’s finding that the club broke financial regulations between 2009 and 2018 across 114 separate charges promises to be a watershed moment for English football and governance of the game. Rivals have reacted with jubilation at what they view as a long-overdue reckoning, and outrage at the scale of City's sustained circumvention of the rules. Despite their behind-closed-
Design your own Manchester City punishment - FourFourTwo plays judge and jury on 114 charges guilty verdict (opens the original)
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In a landmark moment for English football, an independent commission found Manchester City guilty on 114 of 115 financial charges brought against them by the Premier League. The historic verdict follows an exhaustive investigation into the club’s financial conduct spanning a nine-year period between 2009 and 2018. The charges concern severe allegations, including failure to provide accurate financial information, disguising owner funding as commercial sponsorship income, operating off-the-books
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