Mumbai, September 16: The biggest challenge to Manchester City's Premier League dominance was due to start on Monday at a hearing into a slew alleged financial breaches. On the line is City's reputation and punishment could be as extreme as expulsion from the league. City, which has won the last four league titles, denies the charges, which include providing misleading information about its finances. Premier League 2024슬롯사이트�25: Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola Gives Fitness Update on Phil Foden and Savinho.

It will be down to a team of lawyers to clear the club's name and finally quash accusations that have cast a cloud over its unprecedented period of success. Manager Pep Guardiola confirmed on Friday that the long-awaited hearing into more than 100 charges of alleged financial wrongdoing was due to start.

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The Charges

City was accused by the Premier League in February last year of providing misleading information about its finances over a nine-year period between 2009-18 after it was bought by Abu Dhabi's ruling family in 2008. City was trying to establish itself as one of the leading clubs in Europe, signed some of the world's best players like Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero and Kevin de Bruyne and won three league titles 슬롯사이트� in 2012, 2014 and 2018.

The league's financial fair play rules are designed to ensure clubs essentially spend what they earn and commercial deals are assessed for being at legitimate market value. The charges came after a four-year investigation and following the publication of leaked emails and documents, likely hacked, that were published starting in 2018 by German magazine Der Spiegel.

The documents allegedly showed attempts to cover up the source of City's income in a bid to comply with Financial Fair Play rules operated by European soccer's governing body UEFA and the Premier League. City was also accused of breaches relating to its alleged failure to co-operate with the investigation.

The Hearing

The hearing into the charges will be held by an independent commission made up of three judges appointed by a lawyer who chairs the league's judicial panel. The hearing will be held behind closed doors, and a verdict is not expected until next year.

The Punishment

Potential punishment for a 슬롯사이트œserious breach슬롯사이트� of the league's rule book is wide-ranging. Dependent on whether City is found guilty of any of the charges, possible sanctions include a fine, points deduction or in 슬롯사이트œextreme cases, expulsion from the competition슬롯사이트� according to the league's rules.

City's response

City said it was surprised by the charges when they were made last year.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천슬롯사이트œThe Club welcomes the review of this matter by an independent Commission, to impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence that exists in support of its position,슬롯사이트� it said in a statement. 슬롯사이트œAs such we look forward to this matter being put to rest once and for all.슬롯사이트�

Guardiola has repeatedly been critical of the treatment of City. 슬롯사이트œMy first thought is we are already being condemned,슬롯사이트� he said after the charges were made. 슬롯사이트œWe are lucky we live in a marvellous country where everyone is innocent until proved guilty. We didn't have this opportunity. We are already sentenced.슬롯사이트�

The Rules

Known as Financial Fair Play, the regulations are aimed at preventing clubs from spending more than they earn. FFP was established in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, which deepened worries in European soccer that clubs could go out of business if the cost of player transfers and wages kept rising.

Previous cases

City was fined 60 million euros (then $82 million) spread over three years by UEFA in 2014 and forced to limit its Champions League squad to 21 instead of 25 senior players after violating FFP rules. Ultimately City only had to forfeit 20 million euros of prize money after complying with the governing body's measures.

In 2018 German magazine Der Spiegel published the 슬롯사이트œFootball Leaks슬롯사이트� series of articles supposedly based on City's internal documents and communications. They suggested City had broken FFP rules in financial relationships with 슬롯사이트œrelated-party슬롯사이트� sponsors from Abu Dhabi. Premier League 2024슬롯사이트�25: Arsenal Weather Pressure To Beat Tottenham Hotspur 1슬롯사이트�0 in Feisty North London Derby.

In February 2020 City was banned from UEFA competition for two seasons for 슬롯사이트œserious breaches슬롯사이트�, including overstating sponsor revenue and failing to cooperate with investigators.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned the ban in July 2020, ruling that some UEFA charges were not proven and other evidence was excluded as time-barred. The court 슬롯사이트œstrongly condemned슬롯사이트� Man City for obstructing UEFA's investigation, though a â‚�10 million ($10.7 million) fine was one-third of the original punishment.

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