Now that the 2025–2026 Premier League season has begun, Manchester City’s 115 charges—Pep Guardiola’s team is suspected of violating more than 100 financial regulations—remain unresolved from their initial accusations in February 2023. As anticipated, the club has adamantly denied any misconduct, and a significant development in the case has now surfaced.

Between 2009, a year after its purchase by Sheikh Mansour, and 2018, City was charged with 115 suspected violations of financial laws. They won the Premier League three times during that period, in 2011–12, 2013–14, and 2017–18. If they are proven guilty, many have demanded that those championships be revoked.

The Athletic reporter David Ornstein said in March that a decision may have been reached before the end of the 2024–2025 season, since all 20 Premier League teams are eager for a resolution. “The expectation at Man City has been ‘spring’, and if that’s the case, we’re into that.”

All hell could break loose for Man City

Additionally, they cite a source who asserts that the lawsuit may completely eclipse votes on financial fair play that are set for later next month. According to the site, a number of Premier League club officials think a decision will be made by the end of this year at the latest.

They also cite a source who states, “It’s gone very quiet, and because it’s been going on for so long, it’s almost forgotten about, but all hell could break loose when it lands.” A startling 250,000 papers may be involved in the case, according to the article.

Legal professionals are said to operate under the premise that four weeks of discussion are needed for each week that a hearing takes place. This was the case for Everton’s first instance of sustainability and profitability, which lasted for five days, as the paper explains.

If this assumption is applied to Man City’s allegations, their purported 12-week case would take 48 weeks, meaning that it would end in early November.