Man City delay explained as Leicester latest to face Premier League FFP charges

Manchester City will likely have to wait a while longer before they discover their Premier League fate after Leicester City became the latest club to be charged.

The Blues were charged last year with 115 alleged breaches of the division's Profit and Sustainability rules. City have always stressed they have evidence which will exonerate them of the Premier League's charges.

In the meantime, Everton and Nottingham Forest have both been charged with breaches and have been handed six and four-point deductions respectively. Championship club Leicester are the latest to be charged with breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules and failing to submit their accounts to the league for the 2022/23 season when they were in the top flight.

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In response, the Foxes have expressed their "surprise" and "extreme disappointment" that they have been charged by the Premier League. Whenever a new club has been charged with FFP breaches, there has been an outcry by rival fans who question why City have not been dealt with yet.

In January, when speaking to a select committee in Westminster, the Premier League's CEO Richard Masters explained why there is a delay in discovering whether City are guilty of the charges. He explained: "I can [understand fan frustration] but they are very different charges.

"If any club, the current champions or otherwise, had been found in breach of the spending rules for 2023 they would be in exactly the same position as Everton or Nottingham Forest. But the volume and character of the charges laid before Man City – which I obviously cannot talk about at all – are being heard in a completely different