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OFFICIAL: The Premier League fines Manchester City... for starting their matches late!
Published:1/08/2024 - 01:22h
Updated:1/08/2024 - 01:22h
The Premier League confirmed this Wednesday a fine to Manchester City of 2.09 million pounds for starting and resuming its matches outside the schedule scheduled by the competition. The club accepted the sanction and apologized to the FA
The Manchester City suffered a new sanction by part of the Premier League to little more than two weeks of the beginning of the season 2024/25. The competition announced a fine of 2.09 million pounds (2.3 million euros) to the group 'sky blue' by infringir the Rule L.33 of the Premier, that explains the obligations of start and resumption (after the rest) of the party.
The ones of Pep Guardiola accumulated a total of 22 infringements to the mentioned rule the past season, initiating his parties later of the foreseen so much to the beginning of the first part as after the halftime. The club admitted the delays, apologising to the 19 integral teams of the maximum division of the English football. Besides, it issued a communiqué where remembers to his players and directors the responsibilities that have to fulfil to avoid new sanctions.
The City can suffer more sanctions in the next months
On the other hand, the group 'cityzen' awaits by the resolution of the 115 indictments that the club received by presumptive rapes to the English financial rule. According to the last informations, the trial would have to conclude in autumn of 2024, although some means aim to December like the month in where it will produce the final failure by part of the British justice, once conclude the investigations initiated in February of 2018.
In principle, the deduction of points (as him sucedió to the Everton the past season) luce like the most likely punishment, although to confirm the majority of the indictments the City can, even, lose the category and go down to Second Division. For the moment, the directive keeps trusted regarding his innocence in which, definitely, represents the greater trial of the history of the Premier League.
