The Premier League’s long-awaited hearing into Manchester City’s 115 alleged charges will begin on Monday, Sky Sports News understands.
City have been charged with breaking financial fair play rules over a nine-year period, which started in 2009 and went on until 2018.
During that period, Man City – who have denied all the charges against them – won the Premier League three times.
According to the Premier League, Man City broke the rules over nine seasons by allegedly failing to provide accurate financial information.
Among the charges against City are that they didn not fully disclose the financial remunerations that were made to one of their managers over a four-year period.
The suggestion is that there was a secret contract so one of the managers was getting paid much more than officially stated.
The Premier League also allege City did not comply with UEFA’s financial fair play rules over a five-year period. They also allege City have not fully co-operated with the Premier League’s investigation.
According to Premier League rules, any punishment could be a points deduction or even the threat of expulsion from the Premier League – although this would be an extreme punishment.
