Man City reject EPL’s financial breaches verdict, vow to appeal

Manchester City has denounced the verdict of an independent Premier League Commission ruling the club guilty of serious financial rule breaches, calling the decision "unsafe" and vowing to pursue all possible appeals. The club declared its disappointment and surprise in a statement published on its website on Tuesday, following the Premier League's announcement that the Commission had found City guilty of all charges relating to breaches of the league’s financial rules over a nine-season period.

Manchester City insisted it was innocent of the accusations. The club stated that a substantial body of irrefutable evidence supports its position on the case. The club vowed to challenge the findings through appropriate regulatory and legal channels, emphasizing that the Premier League process was not yet complete. City confirmed it would pursue appeal avenues available to it, arguing that the Commission's opinion contained clear material errors, of law, principle, and fact, and was unsafe.