MANCHESTER — Football finance expert Kieran Maguire says the potential sanctions for Manchester City will be 'significant' after sources told BBC Sport the club has been found guilty of breaking the majority of the 115 financial rules they were accused of breaching. Speaking in a BBC Sport video analysis, Maguire framed the expected consequences as substantial given the volume of charges upheld by the independent commission.
The assessment follows information provided to BBC Sport indicating that City have been found in breach on a majority of the 115 counts at the heart of the Premier League's long-running financial case. Maguire described the likely sanctions as 'significant,' pointing to the scale of the findings while the league has yet to publish the commission's full written reasons or outline any formal punishment.
No official sanction has been announced, and the process for determining any penalty will follow publication of the verdict. The latest analysis builds on Manchester City found guilty on majority of 115 charges, with attention now turning to what form the 'significant' sanctions referenced by Maguire will take once the commission's decision is formally confirmed.