Een onafhankelijke commissie heeft Manchester City schuldig bevonden aan financiële overtredingen. De club had 'schijncontracten' afgesloten om haar inkomsten kunstmatig te verhogen en kosten te drukken. Dit zou tussen 2009 en 2018 meer dan 1,2 miljard dollar hebben opgeleverd.
MANCHESTER, England (AFP) -- Manchester City fans said Wednesday they were "devastated" by the verdict on the soccer club's financial breaches, while supporters of rival clubs called for City's relegation from the Premier League. An independent commission found the Abu Dhabi-backed club arranged "sham" contracts with a number of commercial partners to artificially inflate its revenues and reduce costs by more than $1.2 billion between 2009 and 2018. In that time, City won the Premier League titl