Tag: financial

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: Premier League confirms club guilty of all charges related to financial rule 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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Man City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak responds to reports surrounding 115 charges in Premier League financial probe | Football News
26 September 2026 Off

Man City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak responds to reports surrounding 115 charges in Premier League financial probe | Football News

By Total Football News

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has reaffirmed his belief the club will prove their innocence in the Premier League 115 charges case following reports on Friday.

Sky Sports News understands that the process is moving to the appeal stage, after reports claimed that most of the charges against the club for breaking Financial Fair Play rules were found to have been proven.

However, in a statement released on Saturday

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James Ellis: Bristol City sporting director ‘happy’ with financial backing
12 June 2026 Off

James Ellis: Bristol City sporting director ‘happy’ with financial backing

By Total Football News

Bristol City sporting director James Ellis says the team is being supported financially as it goes into the summer with a new leadership team and new head coach in Michael Skubala.

Former Lincoln City boss Skubala was appointed two weeks ago, less than a month after former Arsenal technical director Ellis also joined the club.

Ellis said he is “happy” with the financial support chief executive Charlie Boss

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Is the Championship heading for financial ‘catastrophe’?
5 April 2026 Off

Is the Championship heading for financial ‘catastrophe’?

By Total Football News

Four of the ever-present Championship sides since 2020-21 are also among the top six current second-tier clubs hardest hit by losses.

Bristol City (£111m), Preston (£84.4m), QPR (£82.9m) and Middlesbrough (£80.4m) have all failed to record a profit for five consecutive seasons – as have Derby, Millwall, Oxford, Portsmouth and Swansea.

Coventry City, who are on course to win promotion to the Premier League this season, have lost £29.5m in

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Leicester City: ‘Positive trends among concerning financial losses’ – analysis
27 March 2026 Off

Leicester City: ‘Positive trends among concerning financial losses’ – analysis

By Total Football News

There is clearly going to be concern, from any business, when it makes a pre-tax operating loss of over £71m.

Leicester City fans are also within their rights to feel concern around a football club that earlier this season received their first ever points deduction.

However, I think it’s fair to point in the direction of significant investment from the owners as the main reason behind these losses – in

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Portsmouth FC: Michael Eisner warns Championship is facing financial ‘catastrophe’
18 March 2026 Off

Portsmouth FC: Michael Eisner warns Championship is facing financial ‘catastrophe’

By Total Football News

Portsmouth chairman Michael Eisner has warned of a looming financial catastrophe in the Championship after Pompey became the latest second-tier club to post losses.

While the £4.36m loss for the 2024-25 financial year is relatively modest compared to rivals Hull City, who reported a £41.7m loss in December, and Coventry City, who last month posted a £21.6m loss, it follows the same uncomfortable trend.

Eisner, 84, the former

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Coventry City: Championship leaders post losses of £21m for the financial year ending May 2025
28 February 2026 Off

Coventry City: Championship leaders post losses of £21m for the financial year ending May 2025

By Total Football News

Championship leaders Coventry City have posted a pre-tax loss of £21.6m for the 2024-25 financial year.

Turnover increased by nearly £5m to just over £34m, boosted by increases in match receipts, broadcast revenue and commercial income as the club reached the semi-finals of the play-offs.

However, operating expenses grew by £5.6m to about £32m because of “continued investment in the playing squad”, and the compensation costs of sacking Mark Robins

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Leicester City docked six points by EFL for financial breaches
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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Portsmouth: Owner Michael Eisner says EFL pyramid ‘financial disaster’
26 November 2025 Off

Portsmouth: Owner Michael Eisner says EFL pyramid ‘financial disaster’

By Total Football News

Eisner said Pompey, who are 19th this season after 16 games, would be active in the January transfer window but vowed to continue “the path” of buying young players with a view to enhancing the team before being sold on to help offset losses.

On the topic of backing head coach John Mousinho with big-money buys, Eisner referenced the cautionary tale of the expensive signing of Major League Baseball (MLB)

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