Tag: breaches

29 September 2026 Off

Manchester City charges: Premier League confirms club guilty of all charges related to financial rule breaches

By Total Football News

Richard Masters, chief executive of the Premier League, said: “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

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28 September 2026 Off

Manchester City charges: Roberto Mancini says Premier League rule breaches ‘not my concern’

By Total Football News

German newspaper Der Spiegel had previously accused City of paying a “significant portion” of Mancini’s compensation “by way of a fictitious consultancy contract”.

It alleged that Mancini was paid more by City for his role as a consultant to Abu Dhabi club Al Jazira than he was getting from his role as City manager, excluding bonuses and incentives.

On Friday it emerged that an independent panel had found City guilty

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10 September 2026 Off

Tottenham should be awarded 2016-17 Premier League title after Chelsea breaches, says Mauricio Pochettino

By Total Football News

Mauricio Pochettino believes Chelsea should be stripped of the Premier League title for 2016-17, when his Tottenham team finished runners-up.

Chelsea were fined £10.75m in March after being charged by the Premier League for historical breaches of competition rules.

The club also had a six-point deduction “set aside” on appeal. Antonio Conte’s Chelsea team finished seven points clear of Pochettino’s Spurs in 2016-17.

Chelsea owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital

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10 June 2026 Off

Everton ordered to pay Burnley £35m for PSR breaches

By Total Football News

Everton have been told they must pay Burnley £35m over the impact of breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules.

The case – heard by a Premier League commission – relates to the 2021-22 season, when Everton were found to have broken profit and sustainability regulations (PSR) over a three-year period.

Burnley argued the breach impacted their chances of staying in the Premier League, and sought compensation for the losses

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5 February 2026 Off

Leicester City docked six points by EFL for financial breaches

By Total Football News

Leicester City have been docked six points by the English Football League for breaching financial rules.

The deduction will be applied immediately meaning the Foxes fall from 17th to 20th in the Championship and are only outside the relegation zone on goal difference.

It comes after Leicester were charged by the Premier League in May for a profit and sustainability (PSR) breach in the three years up to 2023-24.

Leicester

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18 June 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday transfer embargo after payment rule breaches

By Total Football News

Sheffield Wednesday have been handed restrictions over spending for the next three transfer windows after failing to pay staff wages on time.

The restrictions will prevent the club from carrying out any transfers or loans which involve a fee for this summer’s window and the two in 2026.

That restriction is currently running alongside their registration embargo which was imposed a fortnight ago, preventing the club from signing any new

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3 June 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Championship club charged over breaches of EFL regulations

By Total Football News

March’s wages were eventually paid in full on 7 April, with the club saying it was a “temporary issue” due to debts owed to Chansiri, whose family control the Thai Union Group, the world’s largest producer of canned tuna.

The Thai businessman has been in charge of the Hillsborough side for 10 years and his tenure has been littered with financial issues.

Wednesday were placed under a registration embargo in

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21 September 2024 Off

Pep Guardiola says people expect Manchester City to be ‘wiped from face of Earth’ over alleged breaches

By Total Football News

Pep Guardiola says people expect to see Manchester City wiped “off the face of the Earth” amid the ongoing hearing into the club’s 115 charges for alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules.

Champions in six of the past seven seasons, City could, in theory, face a points deduction serious enough to condemn them to relegation – or even expulsion – from the Premier League, if found to have

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