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Premier League commission finds Manchester City committed serious financial breaches
The independent commission upheld all charges tied to nine seasons of financial reporting, while sanctions and any appeal remain unresolved.
An independent Premier League commission has found Manchester City guilty of all charges concerning serious breaches of the league's financial rules across the 2009/10 to 2017/18 seasons. The commission also upheld three of four alleged breaches relating to the club's duty to co-operate with the investigation.
According to the Premier League's published core findings, the commission concluded that sham commercial arrangements were used to inflate revenue and reduce costs by more than £900 million, leading to misstated accounts and substantial breaches of Premier League and UEFA spending limits.
No sporting sanction has yet been imposed. That question will be considered at a separate private hearing. Manchester City has said it will challenge the findings, and the Premier League states that the club has until 2 October to file an appeal.
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