Premier League CEO Richard Masters has refused to set a date on when we will discover the verdict on Manchester City's alleged 115 Financial Fair Play (FFP) charges.
In February 2023, the Premier League charged City with 115 alleged breaches of their FFP rules relating in the main to how managers and players were paid during the time period of 2009-2018. The allegations were ground-breaking at the time and left many fearing what punishment City would receive if the verdict went against them.
Throughout the saga, City have maintained their innocence and insisted they had 'irrefutable evidence' which would clear their name. However, that evidence was only heard by an independent panel in London last September with the hearing being held behind closed doors.
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This was completed at the end of 2024 and there is an anticipation that the verdict will be delivered before the season ends. Due to the unprecedented nature of the charges, City are unsure what their punishment would be if they were to be found guilty but relegation from the Premier League has been mooted as a possible outcome.
Speaking at the Financial Times' Business of Football Summit, Masters was asked by Josh Noble to address the elephant in the room and explain when City are likely to discover their fate. But in an unsurprisingly vague response, the CEO refused to be drawn on the potential verdict date.
"You won’t be surprised to hear that I won’t be talking about this, I can’t," he explained. "I mean, the disciplinary panel has heard the case and they must be left alone now to consider their decision and given the time and space to be able to do that.
"That is as pretty much as far as I can go."
