{
  "id": 10737103,
  "title": "Man City reject EPL’s financial breaches verdict, vow to appeal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/man-city-reject-epls-financial-breaches-verdict-vow-to-appeal-10737103",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T17:16:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/man-city-reject-epls-financial-breaches-verdict-vow-to-appeal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Manchester City has rejected the findings of an independent Premier League Commission which found the club guilty of serious financial-rule breaches, vowing to pursue all available appeal avenues. The club described the opinion as \"unsafe\" and stated that it is innocent of the accusations made by the Premier League. The Commission found that City had breached financial rules between the 2009/10 and 2017/18 seasons, including through arrangements described as \"sham\" commercial agreements, which artificially inflated City's revenues and reduced its costs by more than £900m during the affected period. City has vowed to challenge the findings through appropriate regulatory and legal channels, emphasizing that the Premier League process is not yet complete and confirming that it will pursue the appeal avenues available to it.",
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    "outlets": 7,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Man City guilty of almost all the 115 financial breaches, Premier League says in explosive verdict",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/man-city-guilty-of-almost-all-the-115-financial-breaches-premier",
        "published": "2026-09-29T16:09:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Man City broke financial rules, to face sanctions, Premier League insists",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/man-city-broke-financial-rules-to-face-sanctions-premier-league",
        "published": "2026-09-29T16:32:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Man City guilty of almost all the 115 financial breaches, Premier League says in explosive verdict",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/man-city-guilty-of-almost-all-the-115-financial-breaches-premier-10741966",
        "published": "2026-09-29T16:49:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Manchester City to appeal against Premier League guilty verdict over financial breaches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/manchester-city-to-appeal-against-premier-league-guilty-verdict-over",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "'Disappointed & Surprised': Manchester City Respond To Premier League Verdict On Financial Rule Breaches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/disappointed-surprised-manchester-city-respond-to-premier-league",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:37:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "‘Relentless’ Man City claim innocence following Premier League verdict",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/relentless-man-city-claim-innocence-following-premier-league-verdict",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:50:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}