Manchester City owners must get messaging right or risk own fans turning against them Sport Business Sport fans aren’t just consumers but stakeholders so what Manchester City say during their crisis could be existential for them, write Jess Chan and Matthew Gilleard. “Some people believe football is a matter of life and death…I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” So said Bill Shankly, encapsulating both sport’s [...]
Manchester City manager Maresca ‘trusts’ club but refuses to be drawn on future Sport Business Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca has refused to discuss his future in the job until after the outcome of the club’s appeal against Premier League financial rule breaches is known. Addressing for the first time the bombshell findings of an independent commission which threaten City’s top-flight status and their legacy as England’s most successful team [...]
Exclusive: City Football Group official’s Labour Conference trip made ‘in personal capacity’ Sport Business A senior City Football Group official who attended the Labour party conference days after Manchester City were found guilty of over 100 Premier League charges has told City AM he was there in a personal capacity. Chris Anderson, head of regulatory affairs at Manchester City parent company City Football Group, was among the delegates in [...]
Manchester City facing further punishment from FA over Premier League charges October 2, 2026 The Football Association has warned that it could take additional disciplinary action against Manchester City if the guilty verdicts in its Premier League case are upheld. City are already facing the possibility of relegation, points penalties, fines, transfer bans and stripped titles after an independent commission found them guilty of more than 100 Premier League [...]
For Manchester City 2026, see Saracens 2019 October 2, 2026 For Manchester City 2026, see Saracens 2019. Cheating in sport is common on the pitch and it probably happens a lot more than we’d care to admit off it. But sometimes it is blatant and sometimes it is brazen. The independent commission’s verdict on 115 charges lodged by the Premier League against Manchester City was [...]
Manchester City appointed new CFO just days before Premier League guilty verdict October 1, 2026 Manchester City appointed a new chief financial officer, Claire Catlin, just days before it emerged they had been found guilty in the Premier League’s biggest ever disciplinary case, City AM has learned. Catlin joined the leadership of the club’s parent City Football Group from service station group Moto after being approved as an officer by [...]
Might Manchester City punishment push them into forming a global super league? October 1, 2026 What if heavily punishing Manchester City causes their ownership to stick two fingers up at the Premier League and walk away, wonders Ed Warner. Let’s play fantasy football. But first the disclaimer: yes, Manchester City have their backs to a precipitous sporting and financial cliff. Yes, they are surrounded by the massed armies of Premier [...]
Manchester City hierarchy must also be punished if guilty, says former FA chief September 30, 2026 Manchester City chiefs must face personal punishments if the findings that they orchestrated almost £1bn of secret payments to the club are upheld, according to former Football Association boss Mark Palios. City say they intend to appeal the decision made by an independent commission that all but one of more than 100 charges brought by [...]
Manchester City bombshell verdict finds club hid over £900m in secret funding September 29, 2026 The Premier League has published damning details of the long-awaited verdict in the Manchester City case, which found the club cooked the books to the tune of nearly £1bn for almost a decade. An Independent Commission said that City used “sham” schemes to artificially inflate revenue and reduce costs by more than £900m during the [...]
Manchester City should be kicked out of Premier League, says LaLiga’s Tebas September 29, 2026 Spanish football league chief Javier Tebas has called for Manchester City to be expelled from the Premier League after being found guilty of mass financial rule breaches. City are expected to appeal before sanctions can be issued by the independent commission that found them guilty of 114 of the 115 charges relating to the period [...]