Timeline of the charges facing Manchester City

Manchester City has been found guilty of serious breaches of the Premier League's financial rules, stretching over a nine-year period from 2009 to 2018. The club is accused of fiddling their accounts using sham sponsorship contracts, amounting to more than £900 million. The investigation began after accusations were made by Der Spiegel in November 2018, alleging that City attempted to bypass UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules by allowing their Abu Dhabi-based sponsors to make backdated cash injections.

UEFA and the Premier League launched investigations into potential breaches, with City becoming the first English side to win a domestic treble in March 2019. UEFA subsequently banned City from European competitions for two seasons and fined the club £30 million, which was later reduced to £10 million by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after most of the alleged breaches were found to be unestablished or time-barred.

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