Ex-Man City star says club should be punished over seven-year period for breaking Premier League rules

Former Manchester City star Danny Mills believes his old side should be punished over a seven-year period. The club were found guilty of breaching more than 100 Premier League charges and lodged an appeal against the verdict.

Much debate has focused on what punishments City could or should face, with point deductions, sanctions, and relegation all on the table. Speaking exclusively to GB News through Gambling.

com, Mills gave his position on how his former team should be punished. Stories Videos Your Say He said: "I think that makes it unfair on teams in the EFL, I would say, because City will still have the strongest squad by some distance.

When you look at not just their first-team squad, their reserve squad, their 25 or 30-man squad, their under-21s, their players out on loan - if a few players left, they'd blitz the Championship. So you're taking away a promotion spot from someone in the Championship.

People say: 'Oh yeah, it'd be great for the Championship, because Man City comes to your stadium once. And you're still only going to sell it out.

If you've only got 15,000, 20,000 seats, you might get 15,000 normally, so you're only going to get an extra 5,000 seats. Manchester City play Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday LATEST SPORTS NEWS Everton put up for sale less than two years after takeover by American owners Body found in search for Marcus Rashford's 'family friend' after he vanished in Colombia Christian Horner's tens-of-millions Red Bull payout revealed in new accounts It's not like you're going to make massive revenue off Manchester City.

The TV deal is not going to suddenly change because Man City are in the Championship for a season. So I think the punishment has to be fair, harsh, and I would say probably over the course of seven seasons.

I know there's 114 charges, but I think the seven most serious charges are for that seven-season period where they've been found guilty of financial doping, effectively. So, if it were me, I think a very harsh punishment for a seven-year period would be fair, because one season does nothing.

Mills looked ahead to Sunday's thrilling clash against Liverpool and predicted a fantastic" contest. Danny Mills feels City should be punished over a seven-year period He said: "It'll be some atmosphere at Anfield, I know that."