Manchester City confirm appeal against Premier League verdict
The club says the commission’s opinion contains material errors and it will present evidence challenging the finding that sponsorship revenue was disguised.
- 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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