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2026-09-30 · DW

Manchester City Premier League charges: What do they mean?

Manchester City have won the Premier League eight times over the last 14 years. But whether those titles will remain is one of a plethora of issues at stake after England's top division charged one of its most high profile clubs with more than 100 breaches of its financial regulations. On Tuesday, the Premier League announced that an independent commission had found City had drawn up "sham contracts" as well as "relying on sham agreements to artificially inflate the club's revenues and reduce its costs". These contracts, dubious sponsorships and a number of other methods were, according to the commission's report , used to inflate the club's revenue to the tune of about £900 million (€1.

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