The investigation into Manchester City’s 115 alleged breaches of Premier League financial rules is heating up, with Manchester United and other Premier League teams getting involved with the situation.
The Citizens are currently being looked into regarding a run of financial breaches spanning the years 2009 to 2018.
Within the charges against them are allegations of inaccurate financial reporting, non-compliance with UEFA Financial Fair Play rules, non-disclosure of managerial compensation for Roberto Mancini’s pay, non-disclosure of players’ remuneration and lack of cooperation.
Whilst the hearing is currently being conducted by an independent regulatory commission, the outcome of the review isn’t expected until 2025.
It’s understood that the commission can order compensation to be paid on the back of their findings, however the rules around time limits after an offence to register the claims concerned clubs that once the case is resolved, it will be too later to claim.
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However, lawyers for some Premier League sides have advised that the claim period, or statute of limitations lasts six years. The date for this period beginning was 5th November 2018, as the German website Der Spiegel first published the Football Leaks document. As a result, the final chance they could claim was last week.
Manchester United and Premier League rivals apply for compensation
Now, The Times have reported that Manchester United are joining Premier League rivals Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in all acting on the last chance to lodge a legal notice against City.
The notice aims to reserve the right to seek compensation if City are found guilty of serious charges among the 115 alleged breaches.
If City are found guilty, the clubs will be able to claim for loss of income for missing league titles, qualification for European competitions like the Champions League. These claims across the nine years could total hundreds of millions of pounds.
Although Premier League rules prevent clubs from suing each other, under Rule X they can do so through an arbitration process.
In a similar situation, five Premier League clubs applied for compensation when Everton were found guilty of breaching Profit and Sustainability Rules last season. Whilst the claims were either withdrawn or are currently unresolved, Leeds United, Leicester City, Nottingham Forest, Burnley and Southampton have all made motions for compensation.
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