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Wednesday briefing: Man City hire top lawyer to defend club against Premier League charges

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8 February 2023 - 4:30 AM

Manchester City have turned to one of the UK’s leading lawyers after they were charged by the Premier League with breaching 115 different financial regulations following a four-year investigation.

The club said on Monday they were “surprised” by the charges and declared they had “irrefutable evidence” they had done nothing wrong.

An independent disciplinary commission will now rule on the charges in a private hearing. It has the power to strip titles, deduc

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