Премьер лигээс гаргасан дүгнэлтээр Манчестер Сити клубийн 115 зөрчлийн 114-т нь буруутай болох нь тогтоогджээ.
Премьер лигээс есөн улирлын турш санхүүгийн дүрэм зөрчсөн болон мөрдөн шалгах ажиллагаанд хамтран ажиллаагүй гэх үндэслэлээр Манчестер Ситид холбогдох хэргийг эцэслэн шийдвэрлэжээ. Тус клуб хуурамч гэрээ байгуулж орлогоо зориудаар өсгөсөн, зардал болон санхүүгийн тайлангаа буруу мэдүүлсэн, мөн УЕФА болон Премьер лигийн зардлын хязгаарлалтыг зөрчсөн гэх үндсэн дөрвөн чиглэлээр буруутай гэж үзсэн байна.
Манчестер Сити уг шийдвэрийг хүлээн зөвшөөрөхгүй байгаагаа илэрхийлж, өөрсдийн гэм буруугүйг нотлох хангалттай баримт байгаа гэж мэдэгдлээ. Тус клуб уг шийдвэрийг хууль эрх зүйн болон баримтын хувьд алдаатай гэж үзэн давж заалдахаар төлөвлөж байгаа бөгөөд холбогдох дүрэм журмын дагуу үргэлжлүүлэн ажиллахаа мэдэгдэв.
Премьер лигийн гүйцэтгэх захирал Ричард Мастерс энэхүү шийдвэр нь лигийн түүхэн дэх хамгийн чухал асуудал болохыг онцлоод, шударга өрсөлдөөнийг хангахын тулд үйл явцыг түргэн шуурхай дуусгах шаардлагатай байгааг тэмдэглэжээ. Клубт оногдуулах шийтгэлийн талаарх асуудал одоогоор шийдэгдээгүй байгаа бөгөөд Манчестер Сити давж заалдах эрхээ аравдугаар сарын 2-ны дотор эдлэх боломжтой юм.
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Manchester City have also issued a statement expressing their “disappointment” and “surprise” after being found guilty of 114 of the 115 Premier League financial charges brought against them
Manchester City have released a statement expressing their “disappointment” and “surprise” in response to the Premier League’s confirmation that the club has been found guilty of financial breaches. The development follows reports emerging last week that City had been found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges levelled against the club.
In their own bombshell statement published on Tuesday, the Premier League confirmed that City were found guilty of ‘all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, and the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the League’s investigation’.
In response, City have now released their own statement maintaining their innocence, which reads: “Manchester City FC is both disappointed and surprised by the opinion of the Premier League Commission, that has been published today.
“The Club is innocent of the accusations made by the Premier League and a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence exists in support of all of its positions, relating to this case. The Club will therefore be relentless, and where necessary proactive, in any and all appropriate regulatory and legal forums.
“The Premier League process remains ongoing, with significant elements uncompleted. Manchester City FC will now pursue the appeal avenues open to it, on the basis that the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact, and is unsafe.
“The Club has diligently respected due process for eight years on the basis that the Premier League Board and Executive would behave as an independent, impartial and fair-minded regulator, free from partisan influence.
“The Club is obviously restricted in what it can say further until all future proceedings are complete.”
Within their official statement, the Premier League outlined the four principal areas in which City were judged to have been found guilty, including ‘sham contracts’. These are:.
– “Manchester City arranged ‘sham’ contracts (which misrepresented the true agreement between the parties) with a number of its commercial partners, as well as relying on ‘sham’ agreements with others, to artificially inflate the club’s revenues and reduce its costs.”
– “The club filed misstated accounts and concealed the true state of its finances from its auditors and football regulators.”
– “Manchester City was significantly in breach of both the Premier League’s and UEFA’s spending limits.”
– “During the Premier League’s investigation, Manchester City committed multiple breaches of its duties of co-operation and utmost good faith towards the League (three of the four alleged breaches were upheld).”
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Richard Masters, Chief Executive of the Premier League, also stated: “The core decision establishes the facts of what happened at Manchester City during this period. It details how the club systematically broke Premier League Rules for nearly a decade.
“It also vindicates the Premier League’s decision to pursue this case against Manchester City. While the process to date has been both long and difficult, the League has remained determined that the facts be established independently.
“It is a key responsibility of the Premier League to ensure that the Rules, approved by the clubs themselves, are upheld to protect the integrity of the competition. It is paramount that the League remains competitive and fair for all clubs and for the fans. We take that role extremely seriously.
“This disciplinary case, and this decision, are the most significant in Premier League history. There are elements of the case that remain to be decided, including, importantly, what sanction must follow for these breaches. Now we have the Commission’s decision, we are committed to moving swiftly through the remainder of the process, to provide certainty for the League, our clubs and fans.”
City possess the right to challenge the verdict delivered by the independent commission, with the deadline established for this Friday (2 October).
