Roy Keane: ‘Man City Should Be Punished After Guilty Verdict on 114 Charges’

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Roy Keane has reacted to Man City's guilty verdict and Rodri's comments, giving his honest opinion on what should happen next.

Despite the International break getting underway tonight, the football world are still reacting to the big club football news that emerged on Friday afternoon, which found Manchester City guilty of 114 charges of breaching the Premier League's financial fair play rules.

The club have declined to comment on whether they have been informed of any decision on a verdict by the Premier League and the independent commission.

The Blues do have a right to appeal the verdict, and therefore any punishments will take some time before they are imposed on Enzo Maresca's side .

His comments have come to light following the outcome of the independent commission's hearing today...

The charges range over nine years, spanning from 2009 to 2018. Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak released a statement on Saturday afternoon declaring that he is very confident in proving the club's innocence, but he cannot speak publicly on the matter due to the strict confidentiality of the investigation.

With England playing tonight against Spain, pundits on ITV have weighed in with their thoughts on the situation.

Roy Keane enjoyed a top career at City's rivals, Manchester United , and has had his say on the situation.

Rodri, who left Manchester City in the summer, spoke about the situation in a press conference ahead of the England game, when he said:

> "They can't take it out of us. It's something that's not paid by money; it's paid by effort. We have a lot of successful years, I can't tell you everything was deserved. I am glad I could live one of the best eras of English football. Everyone has to follow the rules, and for me that's great, but there was always the confidence they (City) never did something wrong, and we believed in that."

Roy Keane replied to Rodri's comments and the situation; he said: "It's about time, it's been going on a long time. It was the club's choice to cheat, and they deserved to be punished. Where we finish and start with that is difficult, but they were cheating. They were found guilty of it, they have to take their medicine with it now."

Several teams could win belated league titles with Man City found guilty over their 115 charges, but Mikel Arteta’s men still wouldn’t get a trophy.

Former Arsenal player Ian Wright and ex- Chelsea and Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata were part of the panel, and they were asked for their reactions.

Wright said: "You can't take that away from them, they experienced them (the memories), but they should take that away from them. They should be punished for that.

> "They may have been able to experience those memories and great times together, but when you look at those teams trying to do it right, it's not right."

> They cheated to get it done, and other teams players have missed out on opportunities for themselves because of that. I am glad it's finally got here."

Juan Mata, who is directly affected by the situation, considering he played for Chelsea and Manchester United during the time that these charges relate to, said: "I've been lucky enough to play games and win some trophies, but I've never won the Premier League.

> "I don't know what's going to happen, but they (Wright and Keane) are right. It's right that whoever has been cheating should be punished. It's fair for Rodri to say that he has won on the pitch, and they were the better team, but who says it's the right thing to do?"

The Prime Minister was asked for his opinion immediately after the punishment was announced, and he gave his thoughts straight away...

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