{"id":643814,"date":"2026-10-03T17:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T17:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/643814\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T17:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T17:54:14","slug":"man-city-ffp-kieran-maguire-predicts-two-huge-punishments-for-city-with-precedent-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/643814\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City FFP: Kieran Maguire predicts two huge punishments for City with ‘precedent’ set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Football finance expert Kieran Maguire has predicted two major punishments for Manchester City<\/a> following the guilty FFP verdict.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Man City <\/a>have been found guilty on almost all charges after they were accused of breaching the Premier League\u2019s FFP rules, though the club have since submitted an appeal.<\/p>\n

However, it has also emerged that Man City\u2019s appeal could be doomed from the start<\/a>, with the club facing severe sanctions. Their possible punishments include a fine, transfer ban, points deduction, expulsion and\/or being stripped of their Premier League titles.<\/p>\n

Given the severity of Man City\u2019s breaches, it is possible that they are handed multiple punishments, and Maguire suspects one sanction will be huge fine.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as the outcome is concerned, I think we\u2019ve got to look at precedent,\u201d Maguire told talkSPORT.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cChelsea were given significant fines from both the Football Association (and remember, the Football Association might take this up later) and from the Premier League for around \u00a320m over their financial misdemeanours, not registering payments to unauthorised agents and so on.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you would expect that to be quite significant. Also, it was noticeable in the Chelsea claim that the club agreed to pay the Premier League legal costs, which were quite substantial. These are going to be far bigger.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we\u2019re probably talking about \u00a350m-\u00a360m in all probability, plus a substantial fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy gut reaction is\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Maguire has also predicted a substantial points deduction for Man City, and has revealed how many points he thinks will be docked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, of course, we\u2019ve got the precedent of Nottingham Forest, Everton, and Leicester City, all of whom breached the PSR limits and were given points deductions,\u201d Maguire continued.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNow, the logic behind that is that if you spend more money on players, it gives you an advantage on the pitch, and that advantage on the pitch should be punished with a punishment on the pitch in the form of a points deduction.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven that the Man City offences took place over a longer period of time, therefore it\u2019s multiple offences over multiple years, you would expect a multiple of the points deductions that we\u2019ve seen.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know by how much Man City exceeded the PSR limits, and we\u2019re now working on the basis of reading some of the former reports that it works out as a three-point deduction to kick off with, plus one extra point per extra \u00a36.5m over the limit. So that will form a rough basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then there\u2019s a further issue, have you assisted with the investigation? We\u2019ll suggest they probably haven\u2019t. So that\u2019s called an aggregating factor, and the panel could subsequently give an additional points deduction on top of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf all of those are proven post-appeal, my gut reaction is we would be looking for somewhere in the region of perhaps 50 to 60 points. If it\u2019s more than 70 points, they\u2019re effectively relegated.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a drama point of view, and I appreciate the commission\u2019s not interested in the drama, you give Man City a 50-point deduction, they go to minus 35, there\u2019s 33 matches left to play for, you\u2019ve actually got a fantastic story.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause they could try and stay up. They could just about stay up. And I think the attitude of the players and everything would be fascinating. But that\u2019s a Hollywood story, rather than, is that appropriate?\u201d<\/p>\n

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