In the midst of a sports deconfitation, Manchester City probably did not finish with its setbacks. Pep Guardiola undoubtedly hoped to move on after the elimination expected in the Champions League, then a new logic defeat in the Premier League against Liverpool but he found himself mired at a press conference with the subject of the sanctions that the club risks. It must be said that the day before, Javier Tebas did not go there with a dead hand. Supported, the boss of La Liga simply claimed exemplary punishment against the English club in an interview with Financial Times.
“”All they do is think about how they can get around the rules and regulations. We have reported this situation to the European Union, supported facts and figures. They placed their losses in different societies and that is what caused their loss. City attributes all its expenses to these companiessays the Spanish leader. For example, they have recruitment or marketing companies that accumulate high spending. They invoice Little amounts in Manchester City. This allows Manchester City to have a structure that bypasses the rules.»»
Guardiola refuses to talk about the club's extra -port affairs
The case of the reigning English champion is even the subject of an investigation by the European Commission. Tebas even talks about an Enron-type financial scandal, a case of accounting fraud estimated at tens of billions of dollars in the early 2000s in the United States. Guardiola's response on this subject was particularly expected, especially since Manchester City still awaits the verdict of the Independent Commission which must rule on the 130 accusations of violations of the financial rules of the Premier League from which the club would have been guilty between 2009 to 2018.
She rushed. To the three questions on the subject, the Catalan returned a “Next!Halfweed, half-recess, even when the press asked him in a more personal way if it was tiring to have to answer this kind of subject. He still wanted to be more prolix when he was asked the question of why his club was once again in the viewfinder. “”I don't know. It has already happened in the past with UEFA (City had been banned from UEFA competitions for 2 years in February 2020 after offenses related to financial fair play but the sports tribunal of sport had finally canceled the sanction, editor's note), and now in a few weeks, it will happen with the Premier League. We will wait, and then we will talk.»»
A verdict expected soon
Guardiola here refers to the rendering of the Independent Commission which is expected in the coming weeks. In the event of sanctions and in front of the unprecedented side of the case, difficult to draw hypotheses and possible consequences. If the Skyblues are found guilty, the range of punishments ranges from a simple fine, to a deduction of points, perhaps even a recruitment ban, even a loss of titles or a suspension of participations in competitions. The time is for the moment to remain silent in all the things concerning a club, which receives Plymouth tomorrow in FA Cup.
