Roy Keane tells 'cheating' Man City to 'take their medicine' after guilty verdict - and REJECTS Rodri's claims titles were deserved despite 'vast majority' of 115 charges being proven

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The Premier League accused the club of widespread financial doping over an era of sustained success and they have succeeded in proving all of the substantive claims.

Roy Keane has warned 'cheating' Manchester City deserve a harsh punishment after being found guilty of the vast majority of the 115 Premier League charges against them.

The Premier League accused the club of widespread financial doping over an era of sustained success and Daily Mail Sport understands they have succeeded in proving all of the substantive claims.

City are set to appeal the decision but any punishment is now expected to follow, with some fans calling for the club to be stripped of the trophies they won at the time, while relegation and big financial sanctions are also possible.

And Keane told City they will have to 'take their medicine' because they deserve to be punished. He also rejected claims from Rodri that the titles and trophies the club won during that time had been 'deserved' - despite most of the charges now being proven.

'It's about time,' Keane said on ITV . 'It has obviously been going on a long time now. I would disagree with Rodri 's messages there. It was the club's choice - they chose to cheat.

> 'Whatever they have won over the last few years, they deserve to be punished. Where we start and finish with that is difficult but they were cheating. They've been found guilty of it and they have to take their medicine now. It was a shock to be found guilty of so many of the charges.'

Ian Wright also called for the club to be hit with severe sanctions. 'They should be punished for it,' he said.

> 'They may have been able to experience those memories and all those great times together but when you look at the teams chasing them who were doing it right, it's not right.

> 'What have we taken from Liverpool and Klopp's legacy, and that team? What could they have experienced? They cheated to get it done and other players have missed out on that.'

City deny wrongdoing and are set to appeal the decision. On Saturday, chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said the club is confident it will clear its name.

In a letter to fans, Al Mubarak writes that, despite reporting, the Premier League’s process ‘still has a long way to run’ and adds ‘our confidence in proving the club’s innocence remains as strong as it was when this began’.

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