A journalist has shared what he’s recently heard about Manchester City’s 115 financial charges.
Back in February 2023, the Premier League announced that they had charged the Manchester club with 115 breaches of financial rules over multiple years.
Last month, the Premier League’s CEO, Richard Masters, said that the hearing over City’s 115 alleged finance breaches will take place in the “near future,” but didn’t disclose an exact date.
Now though, one journalist has shared an update after a rumour started to circulate online saying that the Citizens have been cleared of the charges.
Journalist shares update after charges rumour emerges
In a recent post shared on his official X account, journalist Mike Keegan had this to say on the situation.
He said: “There’s a rumour flying around that Manchester City’s charges have been dropped. Told it’s not true.”
Assuming that the hearing hasn’t taken place yet, it does seem unlikely that the charges have either been dropped or cleared, despite the club’s assurances since the charges were made public that they had sufficient evidence that no wrongdoing had occurred.
Now that Keegan has said that he’s been told that the charges still stand (for now), this should dismiss any hope that some City supporters who have seen the initial rumour may have had about seeing this entire saga come to an end.
City must forget about the 115 charges for now
Thankfully, Pep Guardiola’s side have got themselves in another Premier League title race and have just four games left to play until the campaign comes to an end.
If the Blues were to lift the title, they would become the first side to win four Premier League trophies in a row, writing themselves in the history books of a competition who are trying to punish one of their top commodities.
Looking beyond that, the Citizens could also add another FA Cup to their cabinet if they beat Manchester United at Wembley Stadium later this month as they did in the penultimate game of their Treble-winning season last term.
In terms of the financial charges, the ideal scenario would be that the club can prove their innocence in the upcoming hearing, whenever that is, so they can put the whole mess behind them and continue focusing on what happens on the pitch.
