Man City charges: Quotes from every Premier League manager on guilty 114 verdict

As the Premier League returns this weekend, the entire football landscape is dominated by Manchester City 's high-stakes legal battle against England's top division. Last month, the Premier League issued a damning document confirming that City have been found guilty of all charges in relation to serious breaches of the league's financial rules and the majority of charges relating to its failure to co-operate with the investigation.

An independent commission have found that the Citizens arranged "sham" contracts with a number of commercial partners to disguise secret funding of more than £830m and artificially inflate revenues between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons. Man City continue to insist that they are innocent and have subsequentlylodged an appeal.

Manager Enzo Maresca was in defiant mood at his press conference on Friday, 09 October 2026 insisting thathe has "complete trust" in the clubwho will win their appeal. Here, Sports Mole rounds up what the remaining 19 Premier League managers have had to say on Man City's guilty verdict.

It's still an ongoing process that is not resolved, because it's been appealed, and my position, and the club's position, is not to make any further comments until this is fully resolved. "Again, as I said, I understand the question where they're coming from.

It's a lot of noise around it. It's an ongoing process that is not resolved yet and I think we need to respect it and certainly I have to respect that.

Asked if the verdict with inspire Man City in their title pursuit, Arteta added: I don't know, that's something that's not in our hands. In our hands it's the way we have prepared, since all the internationals are back, to be in the best possible condition, to be better than Leeds tomorrow and beat them.

That's where the focus has been. We all have our restrictions; we have to sell players to comply with Financial Fair Play, and we have to figure out how to structure contracts for new signings.

Fair Play seeks financial balance so that spending aligns with revenue and inflation is avoided. Yes, many other clubs have inflated their budgets, and now it's coming to light, and naturally, there is a decline.

Emery added: That is something for the courts and the authorities to decide. I feel bad about it, given how that team played."