Manchester City stars now fearing Premier League relegation

Manchester City players are worried that they face relegation, after the Premier League's confirmation of the guilty verdicts from their financial rule breach hearing. The Premier League also confirmed that City have been found guilty of the majority (but not all) of the charges in relation to their failure to cooperate with the investigation.

One of the significant findings by the commission was that City reportedly artificially inflated revenues and reduced costs by more than £900m during the relevant nine-year period. Despite notallof the charges being proven in relation to City's cooperation with the investigation, the commission did still conclude that City 'made concerted efforts to stop and frustrate the PL investigation'.

Sanctions will be handed down in a further hearing with the commission, and City also have the right to appeal until Friday, October 2nd. That's according to L'Equipe (via GFFN ), who report that one agent of a Manchester City player has told the French outlet that there is talk among the squad of such a significant points deduction that relegation would be inevitable.

If City's appeal fails, it's hard to see how anything other than relegation and a change in ownership would be a fair outcome. To artificially alter your revenues and expenditure by over £900m over nine years is a quite incredible level of financial doping, and one which could take almost any club to the top undeservedly.

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