Man City 115 charges timeline verdicts, '60-point deduction' response, punishment hint

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The financial charges case against Manchester City by the Premier League is still in progress. There have been conflicting reports recently about when a decision might be reached, with some suggesting the Easter period or summer, while others report that there's no update on a potential timeline.

Depending on the verdict of the case, a range of penalties have been proposed, with the most recent suggestion being a 60-point deduction. City got a taste of possible repercussions when Chelsea were slapped with a £10million fine even after co-operating with proceedings.

Nearly a year and a half ago, a 12-week hearing between City lawyers and the Premier League took place, with everyone in football still awaiting the final outcome. City were accused of 115 breaches of financial rules, though the actual number is thought to be closer to 130. The club strongly denies any wrongdoing.

With all this in mind, Mirror Sport has delved deeper into the latest updates on City's financial charges case, including a timeline, hint at punishment, and the shocking claim of points deduction.

In mid-March, the Athletic reported that unnamed sources from both parties in the case had received no updates from the independent panel regarding timescales.

However, The Independent's Miguel Delaney disclosed earlier this week, via the podcast 'Libero' , that his latest information suggested the outcome would emerge over Easter, but it has now reverted to being sometime during the summer.

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Chelsea's case concerning alleged illicit payments has diverted attention away from City in recent weeks with the club's new ownership voluntarily co-operating with UEFA for a resolution. Even so, it still required three years for a verdict to materialise.

Chelsea's circumstances were also discussed on the Libero podcast with Delaney revealing that "multiple executives from the Premier League are saying that there is potential legal precedence from this case that City's lawyers will be licking their lips at".

Former City defender Richard Dunne has offered a clear response to speculation that City face a 60-point deduction . He said, via Goal: "It's been ridiculous already, the amount of time that it's dragged on. They've come to a conclusion a long time ago, so why it's taken so long to get around to giving out their results of what they found is stupid.

"I mean, it just undermines the whole Premier League if they start coming out now at this stage of the season and you've got the opportunity of a real interesting title race over the next couple of months.

"So, they're ruining their own competition if they come out and start making decisions now. It's something that's best left until the summer and they can work out what they're going to do going forward rather than retrospectively."

He added: "I can imagine for Manchester City it's been really undermining because it's just been dragging along with them. It's followed them around and for myself and for other ex-players, or anyone that's associated with the club, you do interviews and it's always about, 'but what about this FFP thing?'.

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"Man City have got so much going for them in terms of they just won the Carabao Cup, they constantly produce really good players that play a really good style of football and everyone wants to just talk about the negative side of it.

"So, I think for the whole thing to get dealt with and to get finished, I think it's a relief for everybody from Man City.

"I think it'll be a relief for the Premier League that they can finally come to a decision and put the whole thing to bed and let Man City be what they are and let them deal with whatever comes their way and get back to just focusing purely on the football."

As disclosed by the Premier League, Chelsea's co-operation aided their case in determining the penalty for financial infringements.

Part of their statement read: "When considering the appropriate sanction, the Premier League Board noted that the club's proactive self-reporting, admissions of breach and exceptional cooperation throughout the investigation acted as significant mitigating factors."

This is alleged to be in stark contrast to City, with the Premier League accusing them of failing to 'cooperate with, and assist, the Premier League in its investigations, including by providing documents and information to the Premier League in the utmost good faith'.