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Manchester City confirm appeal against Premier League verdict
The club says the commission made material errors and it will present evidence that key sponsorship money came from Abu Dhabi government sources.
- On Thursday, October 1, 2026, Manchester City lodged a comprehensive appeal against the Premier League commission's guilty verdict on 114 financial rule breaches, contesting the findings and pausing any sanctions pending the appeals process.
- The independent commission's decision determined City arranged "sham" commercial contracts between 2009 and 2018 to artificially inflate revenue and conceal more than £830 million in secret Abu Dhabi funding.
- Premier League rules require an appeal hearing within 12 weeks of lodging, with a final decision due 30 days after the hearing concludes. Potential sanctions include fines, points deductions, or expulsion requiring 15 of 19 other clubs' votes.
- Former City chairman David Bernstein demanded the board resign, telling talkSPORT he could not "think of a sanction severe enough" for the systematic abuses spanning nearly a decade.
- Squad players remain "in limbo" over their futures as proceedings continue, while the Football Association warned the verdict carries "significant implications for the integrity of the game" for English football.
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