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Man City have spent heavily on legal costs as they continue to wait for the panel’s verdict. 💰 Man City Finance Update 💰 Inside the transfer budget, CFG investment, 115 charges updates, and the latest North Stand expansion news. VISIT THE FINANCE HUB MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES How Man City’s verdict will be deliveredIt has been revealed Man City are facing expulsion from the Premier League due to the seriousness of the charges.
“The idea that there’s going to be a points deduction is unlikely because of everything we’ve spoken about before in terms of the process where you have two parts to it, one liability, one sanction, and sanction can’t come until you’ve established liability, i.e. whether they did it or not and what they did. “It’s very unlikely that they would have spent let’s say a quarter of the hearing talking about sanction when there’s such a range of outcomes that were there, so the strong likelihood is that it was a split trial.
That means that the only decision that we’re waiting for right now is one on liability, whether they did it or not.” Why Man City could be facing further 115 charges delayBorson revealed there will be a lengthy period between liability being established and a potential sanction hearing taking place. “The independent commission are going to have to find time in their diaries, and then there’s also the question of whether there’s going to be an appeal that sits before the sanction part.
