The last round of the English Premier League has ended. Under the leadership of Guardiola, Manchester City successfully defended the championship against Arsenal, winning four consecutive victories, becoming the first team to do so in the 136 year history of the English top league, and the new "Blue Moon Army Dynasty" officially opened.
According to statistics, Manchester City has won eight Premier League titles. While leaving Chelsea and Arsenal behind, it is only five places away from Manchester United, which ranks first in history. Based on Guardiola's continued stay in the team to coach, and Manchester United's revival is far away, Manchester City may approach the 13 Premier League champions of the Red Devils in the next few seasons.
Just one day after defending the Premier League title, Manchester City received bad news.
According to the Manchester Evening News, Manchester City has been accused of violating 115 rules, which may lead to the final result of punishment in the summer of 2025. If Guardiola's team is accused of being convicted, the club will face the punishment of forced demotion, massive deduction of points, being deprived of the championship, and paying 350 million pounds to other Premier League teams. According to the rules, the club Manchester City needs to pay the most is Everton, about 19 million pounds, and Manchester United ranks second, about 18 million pounds.
In addition, the media also revealed that the Premier League has not revealed the exact time of the Manchester City hearing, nor how long the hearing will last, but it is expected to be handled before the end of 2024.
In February last year, the Premier League officially issued a statement accusing Manchester City of violating 115 financial rules, involving the period from 2009 to 2018. Specifically, it failed to provide accurate financial information, failed to provide accurate payment details of players and coaches in the same period, and failed to comply with UEFA's financial fair competition rules.
However, more than a year later, Manchester City has still not been sentenced to any punishment, which may be related to the fact that Manchester City has sent a large number of lawyers to defend, making the hearing delayed again and again.
As early as 2019, UEFA issued a statement saying that Manchester City was suspected of violating the Financial Equity Act, and then announced that Manchester City was suspended for two seasons in Europe, with a fine of 30 million euros. Soon, Manchester City successfully appealed to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, and the fine was also reduced from 30 million euros to 10 million euros.
At present, Manchester City is relatively safe in the next season. No matter whether it violates 115 financial rules or not, it still needs to hire a lawyer to fight a lawsuit.
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