{
  "id": 9915656,
  "title": "Man City found guilty of breaking financial rules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/man-city-found-guilty-of-breaking-financial-rules",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-26T04:55:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/man-city-found-guilty-of-breaking-financial-rules/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Manchester City has been found guilty of breaching the majority of 115 financial rules, according to The Athletic. The independent panel reached its decision, finding the club guilty of all but one count. The Premier League has declined to comment on the matter, while City did not comment either way, stating that the \"Premier League process remains ongoing with significant elements to be completed, and subject to strict confidentiality\". City has released a statement, saying that they have \"diligently respected due process for eight years on the basis that the Premier League board and executive would behave as an independent, impartial and fair-minded regulator, free from partisan influence\". The club will reportedly appeal the findings. Other Premier League clubs have been informed about the decision and have sought legal advice regarding potential compensation claims. City was charged with over 100 breaches of the Premier League's financial rules following a four-year investigation. The charges include 54 counts of failing to provide accurate financial information from 2009-10 to 2017-18, 14 counts of failing to provide accurate details for player and manager payments from the same period, 5 counts of breaching UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules between 2013-14 and 2017-18, 7 counts of breaching the Premier League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules from 2015-16 to 2017-18, and 35 counts of failing to cooperate with Premier League investigations between December 2018 and February 2023.",
  "summary": "Manchester City have been found guilty of breaking the majority of the 115 financial rules they were accused of breaching. The Athletic is reporting that the sanctions have not been decided but that the independent panel has reached its decision, finding the club guilty of all but one count. The Premier League declined to comment. [...] The post Man City found guilty of breaking financial rules…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}