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Football regulator insists it will have ‘absolute power’ to force Man City owners to sell if they are proven to have run the club ‘in a way that is neither fit nor fair’
The IFR, which was founded last year, has permission to remove club owners and suspend or revoke licences if they deem the wrongdoing by to be sufficiently [...]
October 21, 2026
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Erling Haaland, Pep Guardiola and the curious case of the £3billion Abu Dhabi housing development: Why Man City will profit from star striker and his father Alf-Inge’s new homes
The story seemed like a feather in the cap of Manchester City’s Emirati owners when it surfaced, two weeks after being found guilty of generating [...]
October 21, 2026
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No wonder there is frantic hype around Carlos Baleba – desperate Man United know his £70m move HAS to work… and did Man City sell the wrong goalkeeper this summer? IAN LADYMAN on My Football Weekend
In football desperation can lead to exaggeration. Straws are clung on to and early conclusions drawn. That is why in and around Manchester United so much [...]
October 19, 2026
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Man City 2-4 PSG: This was some way for Enzo Maresca’s side to lose – PSG continue to be the standard bearers, but City are not going to be shunted into irrelevance, writes IAN LADYMAN
IAN LADYMAN AT THE ETIHAD: Here against the Champions of Europe, with Pep Guardiola watching on from beneath his flat cap in the directors’ box, Enzo [...]
October 15, 2026
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Andy Burnham responds to growing pressure around his relationship with Man City’s owners after ‘secret freebies from Abu Dhabi chiefs were DELETED from the public record’
Andy Burnham has defended himself after being accused of ‘covering up’ links to Manchester City following a register of interests being [...]
October 14, 2026
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Why has Bernardo Silva ‘vanished’ from Real Madrid’s team? Ex-Man City star’s exclusion by Jose Mourinho is a ‘mystery’ – and he is now behind three players in the midfield pecking order
Mourinho called out Silva for his lack of fitness in August, saying: ‘He’s a very important player for us, but when he goes on vacation, he [...]
October 13, 2026
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OLIVER HOLT: The preening triumphalism of Man City stars at Anfield shows they do not have a scintilla of self-awareness between them. These players stand on the shoulders of cheats – and they know it
OLIVER HOLT: It’s a shame Enzo Maresca and his players do not possess any self-awareness. If they did, they would not have celebrated their hollow [...]
October 12, 2026
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Gary Neville asks to be ‘taken off’ Man City’s matches by Sky Sports, leaving Liam Gallagher to mock the ‘cry baby’, telling him ‘take your Scouse mate with you’
Gary Neville has urged his Sky Sports bosses to ‘take him off’ commentary duty for Man City matches as the fallout from the club’s [...]
October 12, 2026
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Police officer sustains ‘serious facial injury’ as ten arrests are made at Liverpool v Man City… including five over tragedy chanting
A police officer suffered a serious facial injury while arresting a man after the ill-tempered clash between Liverpool and Manchester City on Sunday.
October 12, 2026
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Man City are cheats but make their rivals look feckless, Dominic Solanke is the weak link at Spurs… and why Andoni Iraola must take a look at himself: IAN LADYMAN on My Football Weekend
If Manchester City go down the rest of the Premier League will wave them off from the top of their moral high ground. But at some stage, our other big [...]
October 12, 2026
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The England star lined up to replace Xabi Alonso, a Spanish wizard who became immortal and a wonderkid snatched from their grasp: The signings Liverpool missed out on to Man City during ‘cheating’ era
It will be the first game for City since they were found guilty of 114 of 115 financial rule breach charges. The club maintain their innocence and have [...]
October 11, 2026
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Enzo Maresca refuses to fully commit to staying at Man City if they are relegated – LIVE: Manager insists titles are NOT tainted as calls grow for ‘relentless’ punishing
The Premier League returns this weekend – and Manchester City’s guilty verdict is the hot topic. Managers are calling for a [...]
October 9, 2026
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Defiant Enzo Maresca insists he would have taken Man City job had club already had guilty verdict – and vows to speak ‘when we win the appeal’
Maresca presented defiantly after the guilty verdict handed down by an independent commission last week, confidently claiming that he will talk openly once [...]
October 9, 2026
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Erling Haaland leads the pack as Man City stars return to training for first time since bombshell verdict over Premier League charges
Manchester City stars have returned to training for the first time after the club was found guilty of all serious financial breaches of the Premier [...]
October 8, 2026
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Mikel Arteta becomes the Premier League’s highest-paid boss on £20MILLION-a-year new contract – as club reveal plans to overtake crisis-hit Man City as England’s dominant force
Mikel Arteta has signed a new contract at Arsenal to take him beyond a decade in charge with the prospect of building a title-winning dynasty at the [...]
October 7, 2026
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City’s guilty verdict ‘threatens’ Manchester’s 2040 Olympic Games hopes, Gianni Infantino drowned out in Hong Kong – and Premier League clubs warn BBC Sport against cutting local commentaries: INSIDE SPORT
MIKE KEEGAN: Olympic insiders say Manchester’s hopes of hosting a future Games at the centre of a wider, North of England bid, may well have been [...]
October 5, 2026
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Man City whistleblower launches £2.55m fundraiser after losing his witness protection just days after Premier League found the club guilty of serious financial breaches
The Man City whistleblower whose hacked emails played a role in sparking the Premier League’s investigation into the club’s finances has lost [...]
October 3, 2026
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RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Why Man City stars may already be onto their agents to plot a route out of the door as Zlatan Ibrahimovic did at Juventus – but who will be the loyal few like Gianluigi Buffon?
There isn’t much comfort to be found in the pages of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s autobiography if you’re a player or fan of Manchester City.
October 3, 2026
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Thomas Tuchel reveals England’s Man City stars are WORRIED about their futures after bombshell guilty verdict – and admits it is a ‘big subject’ in the Three Lions camp
While City stress their innocence and have appealed the decision, Tuchel admitted that Marc Guehi, Elliot Anderson and Nico O’Reilly are naturally anxious.
October 3, 2026
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Which clubs did Man City’s ‘inflated’ money flow to in transfer market? – BBC
Which clubs did Man City’s ‘inflated’ money flow to in transfer market?  BBC Man City appeal: Club’s strategy brought into question [...]
October 3, 2026
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UAE threat to Britain over Man City case: Diplomatic ties are ‘under significant strain’… with billions of investment at stake
The outcome of the Premier League’s probe into Manchester City is understood to have put ‘significant strain’ on the diplomatic [...]
October 2, 2026
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Erling Haaland to Arsenal? Would Marc Guehi finally end up at rivals Liverpool? And what would happen to £125m man Enzo Fernandez? Where stars might land in a Man City fire sale
JAMES SHARPE: It remains hard to see how Man City will be able to keep hold of their star players on huge wages if they suffer expulsion or are sent [...]
October 2, 2026
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Unai Emery astonishingly claims ‘MANY other clubs have inflated their budgets’ as he becomes the first Premier League boss to comment on bombshell Man City guilty verdict
TOM COLLOMOSSE: Aston Villa boss Emery has become the first Premier League boss to comment on the matter.
October 2, 2026
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Inside Ferran Soriano’s role in Man City scandal: Premier League sources reveal how ‘aloof’ Spaniard ‘patronises’ other clubs, how his fingerprints are on key documents and why he left some Etihad staff feeling like outsiders
In the small talk preceding one of the few interviews he has granted the British press, City chief Ferran Soriano joked about how he didn’t need to [...]
October 1, 2026
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Gary Neville says Man City verdict has ‘dragged Premier League through the MUD’ and warns England’s top flight could suffer same fate as Italy’s Serie A
The Premier League is being ‘dragged through the mud’, with Man City’s guilty verdict damaging the top flight’s image around the [...]
October 1, 2026
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‘Heartbroken’ Micah Richards says Man City verdict has left him ‘ANGRY’ after Premier League found club guilty of benefiting from £900m sham deals – with his 2012 title now shrouded in doubt
Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards says the Premier League’s damning verdict on the club has left him devastated and heartbroken.
September 30, 2026