One of the oldest clichés in soccer is the table doesn’t lie. The investigation into Manchester City’s breaches of more than 100 regulations have tested the fundamental fabric of that truism.
Whether you want to call it “the findings of an independent commission” or a “Premier League conspiracy theory,” City have been found guilty. The club have launched an appeal but, at this point in the process, a “systematic” evasion of the competition’s financial rules for nine seasons through a “Disguised Funding Scheme” has put all results since 2009 into question.
