Man City 115 charges case gets two-word label as Premier League's actions slammed

Week one of Manchester City's legal battle with the Premier League is over and the eyes of the football world have been on it. Clubs around the country are desperate to know what, if any, punishment that City will get.

The club remain adamant that they are innocent on all counts of alleged financial rule-breaking. Plenty of figures in the game have waded in with their thoughts on the case.

After a number of financial experts and former chiefs from City had their say, a former Premier League manager has shared his thoughts. The Manchester Evening News has the latest...

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The lawyer of Rui Pinto, the computer hacker whose revelations led to City facing charges from the Premier League, says the case is "a moral reward [for] all the risks he took and the damage he has had to ensure."

Pinto was given a four-year suspended sentence in Portugal after he was found guilty of attempted extortion, illegal access to data and breach of correspondence. "I know that he expects that at the end, the decision in the UK could be helpful for him in his defence," said his lawyer William Bourdon.

"It could also help other whistleblowers to break the silence." Asked what it would mean to Pinto if City's charges were upheld he said it would help them improve their ability "to demonstrate… that Football Leaks was at the origin of prosecution… and better will be our position".

Former England boss Sam Allardyce has questioned the Premier League's legal campaign against City. Speaking on Footy Accumulators, Allardyce criticised the league's method to