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title: "Manchester City charged by Premier League for breaching FFP rules"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-financial-fair-play-update-news-latest/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Dominic Lund"
section: "Manchester City News"
published: "2023-02-06T12:16:10Z"
modified: "2023-02-06T12:16:10Z"
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# Manchester City charged by Premier League for breaching FFP rules

**[Manchester City](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-news/) have been charged for breaching financial fair play rules, with Sky Sports presenter Rob Wotton describing the situation as ‘very complicated’.**

### The Lowdown: Man City charged

Man City have been [charged](https://twitter.com/martynziegler/status/1622539544078827520?s=20&t=Jx7HhIbPhKDWIHuGnxUrgg) by the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) for numerous breaches of financial rules following a four-year investigation, with reporter Martyn Ziegler describing the situation as ‘[unprecedented](https://twitter.com/martynziegler/status/1622539544078827520?s=20&t=Jx7HhIbPhKDWIHuGnxUrgg)‘.

It is not the first time the Sky Blues have found themselves at odds with football’s governing bodies because of financial issues, with UEFA initially [banning](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/14/manchester-city-banned-from-champions-league-two-seasons-ffp-uefa#:~:text=Manchester%20City%20banned%20from%20Champions%20League%20for%20two%20seasons,-This%20article%20is&text=Manchester%20City%20have%20been%20banned%20from%20the%20Champions%20League%20for,broken%20financial%20fair%20play%20rules.) them from the Champions League a little under three years ago, before it was [overturned](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/13/manchester-city-champions-league-ban-lifted-cas-court-of-arbitration-for-sport) by the court of arbitration for sport.

### The Latest: Sky Sports drop update

Speaking on live Sky Sports News to share what is known about the situation at the moment, Wotton [said](https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1622543004719251456?s=20&t=DgWJEyFf81Y8AJ4Jf2CKtQ): *“What I can tell you at this moment in time is that it’s very intricate, very complicated and we are working behind the scenes to try and break that down, to reveal exactly what it means.*

*“But at this moment what we do know is Manchester City have been charged by the Premier League this morning for breaching numerous financial fair play rules.”*

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### The Verdict: Concerning news

With [Pep Guardiola](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tag/pep-guardiola/)‘s side already struggling to keep the pace with Arsenal in the Premier League title race, now sitting [five](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) points behind the Gunners with one extra game played, this news will come as an unwanted distraction for the City boss.

Not only that, but Ziegler also [reports](https://twitter.com/martynziegler/status/1622541378528968706?s=20&t=Jx7HhIbPhKDWIHuGnxUrgg) that a ‘range of sanctions’ are possible, including points deductions if the breaches are proven, while he also [adds](https://twitter.com/martynziegler/status/1622545064965586944?s=20&t=Jx7HhIbPhKDWIHuGnxUrgg) that expulsion from the league could even be a possibility.

At this stage, it is unclear whether those potential punishments could come into play this season, but it is sure to be a concerning time for everyone at Manchester City, and we now await what their course of action is going to be.