The Manchester City case shows us how the global mega-rich now expect to operate with impunity | Jonathan Liew
When transnational alliances have scarcely been weaker, the way the club was allegedly run offers a bleak vision of a world driven by brute power and wealthThe cache of leaked emails and documents that would eventually lead to the crisis in which…
Manchester City chief maintains club’s innocence as rivals push for verdict to be published
Ferran Soriano tells European clubs City will fight verdictPremier League clubs complain of ‘void’ over timelineA number of Premier League clubs are pushing for the Manchester City verdict to be published as soon as possible, with the club digging in for…
Scale of City’s punishment is the only story but Premier League must bear some responsibility | Barney Ronay
Manchester City have come out fighting against the guilty verdict but the Premier League faces questions of its ownNothing is over, nothing is done. Or at least not judging by the bravura, balls-out confidence of Manchester City’s chair, Khaldoon…
How the Manchester City scandal could play out | Letters
Readers respond to the guilty verdict against the football club for breaking the Premier League’s financial fair play rulesThirty six years ago, the team I support, Swindon Town, were severely punished for financial irregularities that pale into…
The Guardian view on Manchester City: a strange kind of glory | Editorial
If a guilty verdict on multiple counts of financial misreporting is upheld against the club, its achievements in the modern era will be forever tainted In surveys ranking the Premier League’s greatest moments, football supporters regularly give pride of…
The age of asterisk: Manchester City’s glittering era of success is tainted now | Barney Ronay
Friday’s verdict against Manchester City will change everything we understood about their Premier League title triumphsWelcome, then, to the age of asterisk. Whatever punishment Manchester City and their owners receive at the end of this process, the…
Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules
City face sanctions after more than 100 rule breachesClub insist on innocence and are expected to appealManchester City have been found guilty of the vast majority of more than a hundred charges related to breaches of the Premier League’s financial…