Tag: City

Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Man City chairman, deleted records show
14 October 2026 Off

Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Man City chairman, deleted records show

By Total Football News

BBC News has asked GMCA for more details about this policy – given its website has entries dating back to 2022, despite the current mayoral term beginning in 2024.

Downing Street has defended the two dinners with Man City’s chairman, saying this was hospitality received at home games, which had been declared, rather than separate meetings with the club chairman.

But political pressure on Burnham to be clearer about any

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Man City charges: Football regulator will quit if independence compromised
14 October 2026 Off

Man City charges: Football regulator will quit if independence compromised

By Total Football News

The independent panel will hold a sanctions hearing – which could take months to convene – to decide on City’s punishment.

The club can appeal both the guilty verdicts and the sanction, leaving the league in a state of uncertainty.

City’s punishment could range from a huge fine, being deducted points or being ejected from the Premier League.

Asked how crucial it is that it was resolved as soon as

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Manchester City charges: Were any of club’s current players signed during charges period?
13 October 2026 Off

Manchester City charges: Were any of club’s current players signed during charges period?

By Total Football News

No member of Manchester City’s current squad was signed during the period in which an independent commission found the club guilty of all charges relating to breaches of the Premier League’s financial regulations.

Those offences all came between 2009 and 2018. City have denied any wrongdoing and appealed against all of the charges against them.

The club’s longest-serving first-team player who was purchased from another club is Portuguese centre-back and

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Manchester City charges: How much did their rule breaking cost your team?
13 October 2026 Off

Manchester City charges: How much did their rule breaking cost your team?

By Total Football News

While parachute payments provide something of a cushion, relegation from the Premier League is still a considerable financial hit.

Could the teams who finished in 18th place, one spot from safety, argue that they might have stayed up but for City?

There are a couple of ways of looking at this.

Firstly, the results against City who took at least four points off every 18th-placed team other than Birmingham.

Secondly,

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Man City: Prime Minister Andy Burnham to release details of his meetings with Man City owners
11 October 2026 Off

Man City: Prime Minister Andy Burnham to release details of his meetings with Man City owners

By Total Football News

Burnham was mayor of Manchester from 2017 until earlier this year and his tenure took place during a sustained period of success for City.

As mayor, he championed investment from the Gulf as a way of growing Manchester’s economy, a strategy which was initially pursued by the city’s leaders before Burnham became the inaugural elected mayor of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

“I don’t think I misspoke,” said Burnham of

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Mikel Arteta: Arsenal boss has clear conscience over Man City charges
9 October 2026 Off

Mikel Arteta: Arsenal boss has clear conscience over Man City charges

By Total Football News

Mikel Arteta says his conscience is clear over Manchester City’s Premier League rule breaches during a period when he was assistant manager at the club.

The Arsenal boss worked under Pep Guardiola between 2016 and 2019, which overlapped with the nine seasons during which City have been found to have broken rules and disguised secret funding of more than £830m.

In his first news conference since the ruling – which

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Liverpool vs Man City: What awaits City at Anfield in Premier League game?
9 October 2026 Off

Liverpool vs Man City: What awaits City at Anfield in Premier League game?

By Total Football News

It was December 2024 when Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City side were 2-0 down at Liverpool and the Anfield crowd chanted “you’re getting sacked in the morning” towards the opposition boss.

No-one truly believed he was going to be given his marching orders but his side were on their way to a remarkable fourth consecutive Premier League defeat.

Guardiola could not help but lift six fingers up to the Liverpool crowd

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Man City charges: Man Utd boss Michael Carrick ‘personally affected’ by financial case
9 October 2026 Off

Man City charges: Man Utd boss Michael Carrick ‘personally affected’ by financial case

By Total Football News

Manchester United boss Michael Carrick still has his “own questions” over the Manchester City case which he says “affected me personally”.

There is a clamour among some for Manchester City to be stripped of their silverware and also be relegated after they were found guilty of multiple Premier League financial rule breaches.

The 45-year-old was on the pitch at Sunderland when he learned City had won their first Premier

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Manchester City charges: Enzo Maresca says ‘titles absolutely not tainted’
9 October 2026 Off

Manchester City charges: Enzo Maresca says ‘titles absolutely not tainted’

By Total Football News

Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca says the club’s titles are “absolutely not” tainted after they were found guilty of the majority of the 115 charges brought against them by the Premier League.

Maresca reiterated his faith in the club’s owners and belief that they will win their appeal against the verdict during a news conference on Friday dominated by questions on the matter.

The Italian, notably relaxed as he offered

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