Manchester City's response after being found guilty: "The club is innocent"

It’s official now. He Manchester City has been declared ‘guilty’. “An independent Commission has found Manchester City FC guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a period of nine seasons, as well as most of the charges related to its failure to cooperate with the League’s investigation,” explains the first paragraph of the statement issued by the English competition. Below is a detailed account of everything investigated, something to which the club has already responded through a statement.

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City, disappointed and surprised

“The Club is innocent of the allegations made by the Premier League and has an extensive body of irrefutable evidence supporting all of its positions in relation to this case. Therefore, the Club will act firmly and, where necessary, proactively in all relevant regulatory and legal forums.

The Premier League process is still ongoing, with important aspects still to be completed. Manchester City FC will now resort to all legal avenues at its disposal, given that the opinion contains obvious material errors, both in law, principle and fact, and is unsafe.

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The Club has diligently respected due process for eight years, working on the basis that the Premier League Board of Directors and Executive Committee would behave as an independent, impartial and fair regulatory body, free of partisan influence. “Obviously the Club is restricted on what it can say about this until all future proceedings are concluded.”