We analyse what City must do to appeal, why even that might not be the end of the legal wrangling, and the penalties that could await if the verdict is upheld.
We do not even have an official confirmation that the three-person judicial panel has reached a verdict on the case.
Under Premier League rules, City would have 14 days from the announcement of the verdict to submit an appeal and the process that follows should be completed in less than 12 weeks from then.
According to Premier League rule W.97, “the decision of an Appeal Board shall be final”, but even this is subject to one final route, that of arbitration.
A wave of lawsuits is likely to follow, with Manchester United, for example, having finished second behind City in 2017-18 and potentially denied a record 21st league title in the process.
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We analyse what City must do to appeal, why even that might not be the end of the legal wrangling, and the penalties that could await if the verdict is upheld.
Manchester City have been found guilty of the large majority of the 134 disciplinary charges brought against them by the Premier League.
We do not even have an official confirmation that the three-person judicial panel has reached a verdict on the case. All of football is acting as if they have, however, and that reports of a big win for the Premier League are correct.
Under Premier League rules, City would have 14 days from the announcement of the verdict to submit an appeal and the process that follows should be completed in less than 12 weeks from then. Once the appeal has been heard and a verdict reached, the appeal panel are also expected to publish written reasons behind their decisions.
According to Premier League rule W.97, “the decision of an Appeal Board shall be final”, but even this is subject to one final route, that of arbitration. City have recently been through the arbitration process with the Premier League over its rules related to associated party transactions and, after an initial verdict challenged two applications of the rules but otherwise found them to be sound, City and the Premier League reached a settlement which stopped the case from going to court.
A wave of lawsuits is likely to follow, with Manchester United, for example, having finished second behind City in 2017-18 and potentially denied a record 21st league title in the process.
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