Manchester City’s 115 Premier League charges will be resolved in the near future as the Cityzens continue their pursuit for the fourth consecutive league title, confirmed the Premier League chief executive Richard Masters on Friday.
In 2023, Pep Guardiola’s side was hit with charges relating to alleged Financial Fair Play (FFP) breaches. The allegations go all the way back to the 2009-10 season, one year after Sheikh Mansour bought the club.
With a whopping 115 charges, the outcome of the case is not known to anyone but teams like Everton and Nottingham Forest have suffered points deduction recently for breaching Profit and Sustainability Regulations, similar or a worse result could be expected in City's case.
Despite Premier League’s “strong” case against the defending champions, City have maintained their innocence throughout and say that they have a "comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence" to support their case.
City are currently competing with Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal to win their fourth consecutive league title, which would make them the first team to do so should they claim it.
Masters was asked if City winning another league title would damage the credibility of European football as the charges are still unsolved, he said: “It's not for the football authorities to start being selective about who they would like to win the league.
"The key point is that you've got that jeopardy until the final day. Who knows where we will be on May 19?"
He refused to comment on when the hearing will be but confirmed that it would be in the “near future”.
"Obviously we can't comment on the case, the date has been set and the case will resolve itself at some point in the near future, and I cannot make any further comment on it,” Masters added.
It would be interesting to see in which direction the case goes, especially after Everton and Forest were punished for having much fewer charges than City.