PREMIER LEAGUE chief Richard Masters has given a major update on Manchester City’s Financial Fair Play hearing date.
The Treble winners were hit with 115 FFP charges by the league last February relating to financial irregularities.
Prem CEO Masters revealed “a date has been set” for the hearing but refused to divulge any further details.
Now, he has spoken out again and insisted developments are incoming.
He said: “The hearing into Manchester City’s 115 charges will take place in the near future.”
The hearing is expected to take place in October or November and will take a number of months.
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The result of that hearing is likely to come around March or April 2025.
City and Prem chiefs have gone back and forth for several months over when the hearing to address the alleged violations will take place.
The trial has been rumoured to kick off in the autumn, which means City may not learn their fate until the summer of 2025.
The club are accused of breaching 115 regulations from the 2009-10 season onwards.
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Chief among the alleged violations are allegations of over financial reporting and a refusal to cooperate with the Prem’s investigation.
City have vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
But if found guilty the club could be hit with serious sanctions – possibly a points deduction or even relegation.
Everton were docked ten points this season for breaching profit and sustainability rules between 2020-23.
Four of those points were won back on appeal, only for two more to be deducted for a separate offence.
Similarly, Nottingham Forest had a four-point deduction for financial breaches, which they are appealing.
But City are even at risk of being stripped of the three Premier League titles they won between 2012 and 2018.
The champions have challenged the 115 charges and the case was in the hands of the head of its “independent judicial panel”, Murray Rosen KC.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
