Legal Explainer: Here’s what happens next in the Premier League vs Man City battle
Alamy | Manchester City chairman Khaldoon al Mubarak (left) and chief executive Ferran Soriano (right)
On Monday the EPL entered uncharted territory, charging reigning champions, Man City, with 101 rule breaches going back 14 years.
Fines, point deductions, expulsion – the EPL has “unlimited” powers to sanction City. Could it rewrite its own history?
Why it matters: City have been investigated by the EPL for 51 months. The charge sheet comes days ahead of a government White Paper on football regulation. Are the EPL stepping up when it matters most?
The perspective: Sources tell us that the threat to City’s hegemony is very real. “You don’t come with a list of over 100 breaches if your goal is a slap on the wrist”
6 February 2023 - 7:18 PM
That Man City were engaged in a longrunning legal battle with the Premier League was at once the worst and best kept secret in English football.
In July 2021, following an error on the British judiciary website, it emerged that City and the EPL had been involved in a secret court battle that at the time had spanned more than two years.
Off The Pitch led reporting on the case, publishing documents sho
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