But probably won't:-
https://www.football365.com/news/man-city-ffp-60-point-deduction-logical-board-go-guilty-verdict-pl-victory
The problem with this punishment and not kicking them out of the football league is that they'll spend a grand total of one season in the Championship and then go back up and then continue like it was nothing. Their finances will suffer slightly for only 2-3 seasons because tourists will still want to see City play. The only fair punishment is to kick them out of the football league entirely.
Each charge usually is 3-6 points, so this is to protect one of these so called big 6 scrubber teams
Odds are 50/1 for them to get relegated this season...
I think a couple of quid on that is acceptable!
Incidentally Fulham are 400/1 on a couple of bookies sites.
They'll appeal. Their pockets are deeper than the PL's
And pigs might fly.
Send them to the national league with financial penalties for several years, so they can't breach again trying to buy there way back. The world is now so corrupt, I'm sure a few backhanders will fix everything for them!
Or just stop countries owning clubs, Barn door, horse, bolt etc.
I see the other lot in Manchester, you know the media darlings, they are over £1b in debt but still spend tens of millions on players. Have I missed something?
Wouldn't it be funny if City have a points deduction and Arsenal still fail to win the league!
Part of their punishment needs to be the removal of all the titles they won during the period they were breaching the rules, in the same way Olympic gold medalists have their medals stripped if they're found to have cheated.
A fine is meaningless given their bottomless funds and, as has been said, a points deductions (even a huge one), will only affect them for a season, tops.
If guilty (which no doubt they are), they should be banned from the PL for 5 years & then have to apply to the EFL to join League 2.
I suspect there is nothing in the rules to allow cups/titles to be withdrawn in the same way Sarries kept all of their titles despite being guilty of cheating.
If they just get relegated all that does is effectively prevent one genuine Championship side from getting promoted that season.
They would tie the PL up in legal battles for years. How long would the other 19 or so clubs put up with that?
I get the punishment has to be within the existing framework, you can't just make it up
But if it's a one-off points deduction and relegation, that's what, two seasons written off?
For eight league titles, a Champions League and three FA Cups, I'd say it's worth cheating
Quote from: Free Elvis Hammond on February 26, 2026, 10:17:16 AMI get the punishment has to be within the existing framework, you can't just make it up
But if it's a one-off points deduction and relegation, that's what, two seasons written off?
For eight league titles, a Champions League and three FA Cups, I'd say it's worth cheating
Yeah, Man City and PSG have been found guilty of breaching financial rules significantly - while in that time blowing away domestic competition and creating huge global businesses in the process. Financial penalties given to these clubs couldn't be any more meaningless to the owners or club's health here.
Man City have also undermined the league's governance by trying to get clubs to come to them about financial rules. It's a level of corruption and arrogance of a club that thinks and knows to some extent they are above the law, as the geopolitics means governments will not want to harm relations with UAE who invest significantly into the UK - as well as the bonhomie of important people that benefit from these good relations.
Can't overemphasise the extent to how bad these breaches are and the punishment should match this. No relegation or points deduction even suffices here.
Said it before, but I wish the big clubs would sod off to a Super Euro league and leave a level playing field for the rest of us.
I think worse case they get hit with 40 points, finish 13th, and still qualify for Europe through Cups.
all i care about is that if they get deducted below us, we get closer to Europe.
It's just a way to keep Spurs in the premiership!