Man City 115 charges outcome update as new Premier League timeline claim made

The end is allegedly not in sight for the legal battle between the Premier League and Manchester City as the parties continue to wait for the result of the charges made against the club

Manchester City and their Premier League rivals could still be waiting for more than a year for an outcome over the 115 charges against the club. Former Aston Villa, Liverpool and Chelsea chief Christian Purslow believes the situation still has a long way to go as the parties await a judgment.

The club's legal battle with the Premier League is yet to find a conclusion despite the independent hearing coming to an end. City were charged with allegedly breaching financial regulations from 2009 to 2018.

City maintain their innocence, and face up to 130 potential breaches despite it often being referred to as 115 charges.. Between 2009 and 2018, the club won three Premier League titles.

Despite the process already dragging on, Purslow is not expecting a resolution to speed up. Speaking on 'The Football Boardroom', co-hosted by journalist Henry Winter, he said: "This first panel has shown that predicting timetables is a fool's errand

"In the scenario that there are any guilty findings, and in that scenario, Manchester City choose perfectly reasonably to appeal under Premier League appeal rules that will move forward, and that could be another three, six, nine, or 12 months at least.

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"Crucially, at the same moment they are reviewing the decision, even in the scenario of any guilty findings, then the question of sanctioning would most likely be pushed down the road."

Purslo has also explained that any potential punishment or settlement will not arrive easily. "I don't think these matters get resolved, by the way that the APT [Associated Party Transaction] case did, in an out-of-court settlement between the Premier League and Manchester City," he said.

"I want to be really clear on that. I think it would be a terrible mistake for the Premier League to be tempted ... both sides think, 'You know what, let's just reach an agreement for a reasonable sanction, a reasonable settlement, and move on'.

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"I think that would be a terrible mistake. It would be impossible to keep everybody happy. The smart decision is, if I'm the chairman of the Premier League, let's leave it to the lawyers. Let's leave it to the process, which everybody signed up to.

"My point is a simple one. When this is left to the judges, however frustrating it is that it takes so long, it will be in the land of precedent.

"The precedent is sporting sanction. The sporting sanction is likely to be major points deductions, which ultimately could translate into relegation."