Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola revealed that the club expects to discover the outcome of their permanent legal battle with the Premier League “in one month”.
Government top champions are sensational accused of more than 100 violations mainly financial regulations by Premier league In February 2023, the City was charged with artificial inflatable of sponsorship agreements in order to bypass continental and domestic economic limitations. The club has always rejected any injustice.
Independent Court heard arguments from the city and the Premier League During the trial at the end of 2024. Although no specific date of verdict has ever been published, it has been accepted that the resolution will arrive in the first quarter of 2025.
Guardiola explained that vague time range. “In a month I think there will be a judgment and sentence,” City The boss told reporters on Friday, February 7th. “After that, we will see my opinion of what has happened so far.”
The Catalan coach has Gave your public support repeatedly He aimed the club on other teams in a division that allegedly pray for the fall of the city. Guardiola even signed a two -year extension in November he didn’t include Clause of discontinuation in the event of an outburst – one of several possible penalties if the city is found guilty.
“My words will not convince people,” Guardiola continued. “I know it’s always” almost money “with this club.
“But in the last five years, we are the last one of the top six for net consumption. Even after what we spent in this transfer Window, we are far from Chelsea, [Manchester] United, Arsenal, Tottenham. Even from Liverpool. The only reason we sell a lot in the last seasons. “
City spent more than the rest of the division In combination during a winter window, bringing four first team players for the total sum of £ 180 million in the region. It was only Chelsea in 2023 that he had ever exceeded that trip to the transfer window in the middle of the season.
However, Guardiola is in its claim about the recent storage of books to a large extent correct. Since the summer of 2020, Sky Blues recorded a net consumption of £ 322 million, per Transfermarkt. This is less than Chelsea (£ 770m), Manchester United (£ 568 million), Tottenham (£ 476 million), Arsenal (£ 464 million) and even Newcastle United (£ 351). Liverpool, however, boasts a net consumption of £ 250 million.
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