Kieran Maguire Issues Man City Points Deduction Verdict

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City have appealed against their guilty verdict

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Football finance expert Kieran Maguire believes Manchester City could be hit with a bill of more than a million pounds, as well as having a points deduction after being found guilty of 115 charges of financial breaches by the Premier League.

An independent commission found the Citizens guilty of all 115 charges against them, ranging from 2009 to 2018, during which time they won the Premier League title three times.

City have appealed the verdict and the entire footballing community in England, and across Europe, now waits to see what the outcome will be of that appeals process and what the sanctions may be.

Possible Sanctions

GIVEMESPORT understands that sanctions can be passed down while the appeals process is taking place and they could range from anything from fines to expulsion from the top flight.

City are not the only ones to have been found to have breached financial rules in the past few years, with Everton and Nottingham Forest both handed points deductions in recent seasons. Everton were given a 10-point deduction in 2024 that was reduced to six on appeal, with a further two added on later in the season for a further breach. Forest were handed a four-point deduction.

Maguire's Insight

Speaking on GIVEMESPORT's Market Madness podcast , Maguire gave an insight into the sheer gravity of the breaches from City in comparison to Everton and Forest.

> "The redacted report sets out year by year how much the sham contracts contributed to the artificial commercial revenue. Over the rolling three-year period, in some years we could be talking about a £350million difference. That would shatter all records for PSR compliance. Everton and Nottingham Forest's deductions covered a single breach in a single year, an overspend of no more than £20million. > > "So is there a ceiling on what can be deducted? And the sanctions hearing could already have taken place. Because City are appealing and everyone has NDAs, we might not know the sanction until the appeal result. But it has to be multiple double figures of points, before you start the calculations. > > "I worked out that if you add up nine years of Champions League non-participation for individual clubs at an average of £50million a time, around £20million for the Europa League, plus potential claims from players who missed bonuses, the Premier League's legal fees and a fine, we're talking in excess of a billion pounds regardless of the points deduction."

Man City's rule breaking cost one English club nearly £120 million.

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