{"id":863957,"date":"2026-09-28T21:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/863957\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:14:10","slug":"man-city-charges-ceo-ferran-soriano-issues-defiant-message-to-european-club-bosses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/863957\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City charges: CEO Ferran Soriano issues defiant message to European club bosses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester City<\/a> chief executive Ferran Soriano has issued a defiant message to the executives of other teams about the club being found guilty of a majority of Premier League charges, BBC Sport has been told.<\/p>\n

He was speaking at a board meeting of European Football Clubs (formerly the ECA) in Copenhagen before its general assembly on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Soriano was said to have vowed to fight the charges and the process had a long way to run, reiterating what the club’s chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said in a letter to fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Press Association reported Soriano told the executives “it’s taken eight years to get here and it’s going to take a lot more time”, referring to the start of the Premier League’s investigation in 2018.<\/p>\n

He then left the meeting without answering any questions from the media.<\/p>\n

The report added Manchester United<\/a>‘s chief of international football relations Jean-Claude Blanc and Everton<\/a> owner Dan Friedkin – there in his capacity as owner of Roma – were among those to attend.<\/p>\n

City were accused of a wide range of rule breaches, centering around claims they inflated sponsorship revenue from connected companies and made other “off the books” payments to circumvent financial regulations.<\/p>\n

On Friday, it emerged they had been found guilty of the vast majority of the 115 charges brought against them.<\/p>\n

Premier League clubs are seeking legal advice about compensation relating to the charges, while BBC Sport has been told City will appeal.<\/p>\n

Sanctions are yet to be announced, but repercussions could include a points deduction, expulsion from the top flight or a huge fine.<\/p>\n

The Premier League has declined to comment, while City released a statement saying the “Premier League process remains ongoing with significant elements to be completed, and subject to strict confidentiality”.<\/p>\n

Chairman Al Mubarak told supporters on Saturday he was confident the club would prove their innocence.<\/p>\n

“The Premier League process still has a long way to run, and our confidence and intent in proving the club’s innocence is just as strong as when this began,” he said.<\/p>\n

“There are so many things that I would like to be able to share with you to help you understand why we feel so confident in our position.<\/p>\n

“But the strict confidentiality of the legal process and our determination to respect it means I cannot do that at the moment. Even this letter underwent several legal checks to make sure it complies.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano has issued a defiant message to the executives of other teams about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-863957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}