Manchester City is in serious trouble. The Premier League’s four-year investigation found more than 100 financial fair play breaches between 2009 and 2018. The club could share the fate of Juventus and suffer severe consequences. He is at risk not only of league points being deducted, but also trophies and even demotion. This is not the first time City has come under financial scrutiny. Previously, UEFA itself had reservations, which imposed a two-year ban on the team. Ultimately, the penalty was lifted.
Guardiola hits league rivals. Mostly Tottenham suffered. “They want to eliminate us to take our place”
Now Pep Guardiola has spoken on the matter. The Spaniard stressed in a press conference before the match against Aston Villa that he trusts the Manchester authorities and believes in their assurances of innocence. In his opinion, a similar situation occurred as in the case of the dispute with UEFA – the club was judged before the trial even started.
– My first thought is that we’ve already been damned. What happened this week is the same as what happened with UEFA. Then, too, we were condemned. However, I am fully convinced that my club is innocent.
It doesn’t end there. Guardiola has also rolled out the heavy guns against Premier League clubs. In his opinion, history has repeated itself and, just as it was with UEFA, now rivals, and especially Tottenham, are acting to the detriment of Manchester and directing allegations against the team from the Etihad Stadium. He assessed that the opponents were taking revenge on his team, because it took away many trophies from them.
– What will happen if we find ourselves in the same situation as in the dispute with UEFA? If we are innocent, who will come back and compensate us? (…) A week after UEFA issued a statement against us, nine teams – Burnley, Wolves, Leicester, Newcastle, Spurs, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea – wrote a letter to CAS demanding our exclusion from Champions League. These teams treat us neither as enemies nor as friends, but simply as a business. They wanted to eliminate us to take our place. It’s no different now. We are being accused by 19 Premier League teams. If you want details on their point of view, go to Daniel Levy, the Tottenham director.
. The Spaniard then swore that he would leave if it turned out that the club’s activists cheated him in terms of finances. Now he has referred to these words and assured that he does not intend to change his job. – I’m not leaving this place. I can assure you that I want to stay. More than ever. (…) People say that the club lied to me, but that’s not true. Why should I trust the CEOs or owners of 19 other Premier League clubs? In this situation, I trust only my people – Manchester – he declared firmly.
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Manchester City’s match against Aston Villa will take place on Sunday at 17:30. Guardiola’s side are second in the Premier League table with 45 points after 21 matches. They are five points behind leaders Arsenal but have one more game played.
Source: Sport.PL
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