Explainer-Premier League's charges against Manchester City

The Premier League has charged Manchester City with alleged violations of its regulations, starting from 2009 and continuing into the current 2022-23 season.

ACCURATE FINANCIAL INFORMATION

For every season from 2009-10 to 2017-18, Manchester City are alleged to have breached rules that require clubs to provide accurate financial information to give the league a "true and fair view" of the club's revenues, including sponsorships, and operating costs.

German publication Der Spiegel reported in November 2018 that City inflated the value of their sponsorship deals with organisations related to their Abu Dhabi owners, including state-owned airline Etihad and telecoms company Etisalat.

City are part of the City Football Group, which is majority owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, half-brother of the ruler of Abu Dhabi.

FINANCIAL FAIR PLAY

The Premier League contends that City were in violation of rules requiring clubs to comply with European soccer governing body UEFA's Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations for the seasons from 2013-14 to 2017-18.

UEFA hit City with a two-season ban from European competition in 2020 for breaching its FFP rules.

The suspension was overturned after City successfully argued at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) - sport's highest court - that most of the allegations were either unproven or outside UEFA's statute of limitations.

COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATIONS

The Premier League alleged City did not cooperate with the league during the entirety of its investigation, which began in 2018, including providing documents and information.

City said on Tuesday they had provided the league with "extensive engagement and vast amount of detailed materials".

UEFA have previously claimed City failed to