Manchester City Will Happily Pay A Fine For Not Co-Operating With The PL – Kieran Maguire

Football finance expert, Kieran Maguire, has come out to say that Manchester City wouldn’t care if they are found guilty of not co-operating with the EPL. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he feels City will quite happily say they haven’t co-operated if it comes to that, especially because the penalty would not be more than a fine.

Maguire added that the issue of paying managers is more complicated because Roberto Mancini is not even obligated to attend the hearing.

His words, “In terms of the effective accusation of fraud against Manchester City, taking money from the club owners and disguising that as sponsorship revenue, Manchester City have to be party to the guilt of that, the sponsors have to be party to the guilt of that, and the auditors have to be incompetent or in on it – and they won’t be in on it.

If that is proven, there will be a very severe penalty and the board of directors of Manchester City would have to follow the same route as Juventus and resign.

The other issue is non-cooperation with the Premier League. I think that City will quite happily say they haven’t co-operated. If they get found guilty of that, there will be a penalty in terms of a fine because it’s a fiscal issue.

The third issue [is] of paying managers and players off-book. It’s more complicated but more likely to be found guilty in terms of the burden of proof because the auditors wouldn’t be involved because it’s a private arrangement.

Roberto Mancini was accused but didn’t attend the hearing because he’s under no obligation to do so, so where’s the proof? It’s really difficult.”

WOW.