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Manchester City guilty over Premier League charges after £900m of ‘sham’ contracts
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PUBLISHEDSep 29, 2026, 4:05 PM
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Commission: club broke rules over nine-season period City will appeal against verdict before Friday deadline The Premier League has confirmed Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges of breaching its financial rules over a nine-year period, with the club found to have boosted their income by a staggering amount of more than £900m.
In a bombshell announcement the Premier League revealed an independent commission had found City guilty of arranging “sham contracts” with commercial partners to artificially inflate…
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