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Add to Preferred Sources<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nMan City have been found guilty in 114 of the 115 charges brought against them by the Premier League, and now, fans are awaiting the sanctions against the club. City are using Chelsea to limit those.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the last few weeks, City were found to have been in breach of all but one of the 115 charges. It is said that City misled auditors and deliberately falsified sponsorship payments to abide by Financial Fair Play.<\/p>\n It allowed City to continue to spend big, while other clubs like Everton, Nottingham Forest and Leicester have all suffered points deductions, despite breaching the rules just a few times. City fans are concerned.<\/p>\n Other fans want justice, and many believe a points deduction that enforces relegation is required. NBA star and Chelsea fan Josh Hart is fuming<\/a> after learning City doctored their payment records by \u00a3900m.<\/p>\n During their due diligence when taking over from Roman Abramovich back in 2022, BlueCo and Todd Boehly found Chelsea had been making illegal payments. BlueCo reported the findings to the League.<\/p>\n Boehly and BlueCo organised a \u00a3150m discount<\/a> on the purchase of the club from Abramovich, which was previously set at \u00a32.5bn. Boehly, who has since sold his stake<\/a>, bought Chelsea for \u00a32.35bn due to this.<\/p>\n The \u00a3150m was set aside for incoming fines from the Premier League and the FA. The Premier League handed Chelsea a record \u00a310.75m fine<\/a>, and the FA are expected to have followed suit, with only a fine.<\/p>\n Chelsea worked with the Premier League, and it saw the Blues avoid a points deduction, while Man City have consistently denied breaking the rules. City have even launched an appeal; sanctions will take time.<\/p>\n City\u2019s fines are more numerous and more serious, and they have not cooperated. Yet, according to The Times\u2019 former reporter Tony Evans on The Athletic podcast<\/a>, City are using Chelsea\u2019s fine to limit sanctions.<\/p>\n City believe their punishment should fall in line with Chelsea\u2019s fine, which included no points deduction but a suspended one-year transfer ban. But the Premier League has declared City\u2019s finances are a \u2018sham\u2019.<\/p>\n Evans reports: \u201cI\u2019m reliably told that City will lean on the Chelsea verdict when they were fined \u00a310.75m, given a suspended transfer ban for 30 transgressions, and Chelsea certainly weren\u2019t stripped of the title. <\/p>\n \u201cPeople keep saying to me, \u2018oh, but Chelsea cooperated,\u2019 that\u2019s not much of a mitigation, to be honest. City are going to say, \u201cThe proportionality needs to be in the same area as Chelsea\u2019s punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n A new panel has been appointed for City\u2019s appeal, but according to Martin Ziegler on the latest Overlap podcast<\/a>, it is likely sanctions will not be announced until the end of the current Premier League season.<\/p>\nThe situation: Chelsea\u2019s record \u00a310.75m Premier League fine<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>Now, City are using Chelsea\u2019s fine to limit their sanctions<\/h2>\n