Manchester City F.C. financial breaches scandal

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Since 2018, Manchester City F.C. has been implicated in a major financial scandal, following the publication of leaked internal emails alleged to reveal that the club had committed systematic, deliberate violations of UEFA's Financial Fair Play (FFP) and the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability (PSR) rules. In response to the leaked emails, UEFA and the Premier League opened separate investigations into the club's financial behaviour. In February 2020, UEFA found City guilty of breaching its FFP rules, and penalized the club with a €30m fine and a ban on UEFA Champions League participation for two years. However, an appeal by City to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned the Champions League ban and reduced the fine to €10m; the court finding that most of UEFA's charges were "either not established or time-barred." In February 2023, the Premier League charged City with 115 breaches of its financial regulations, spanning a nine-year period from 2009 to 2018. A three-person...

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