{"id":465186,"date":"2025-10-01T07:31:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/465186\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T07:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:31:30","slug":"expert-reaction-to-100m-plus-man-city-115-charges-update-as-liverpool-want-to-cash-in-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/465186\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert reaction to \u00a3100m-plus Man City 115 charges update as Liverpool want to cash in, ‘out of control’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Liverpool are among the clubs with an eye on a compensation payday if Manchester City are found guilty of the 115 charges levelled at them by the Premier League.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In reality, it is 115 charges. The Premier League<\/a> seemingly miscounted in their initial press release back in February 2023, and 115 stuck. Even internally, Liverpool<\/a> and their peers refer to it as 115.<\/p>\n

The case was heard at the International Dispute Resolution Centre in London, with the independent panel having now retired to consider their verdict. <\/p>\n

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Once a verdict materialises, both Man City<\/a> and the Premier League have the right to appeal.<\/p>\n

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Liverpool owners FSG<\/a> as well as their opposite numbers at Man United, Arsenal and a handful of others \u2013 a cohort that City see as the old-money clubs \u2013 have been City\u2019s biggest rivals in the 115 charges<\/a> politics.<\/p>\n

In their challenge to the Premier League\u2019s Associated Party Transaction (APT) Rules<\/a>, Liverpool gave evidence against City. And while that was a separate case, it was rooted in the same resentments.<\/p>\n

The lawfare is not slowing down. If anything, it\u2019s ramping up \u2013 as the latest report illustrates.<\/p>\n

Legal costs reach \u00a3100m since Man City charged by Premier League<\/p>\n

Per The Telegraph<\/a>, legal bills incurred by Premier League clubs since the start of 2022-23, the season when City were charged, have now reached over \u00a3100m.<\/p>\n

Not all of that is directly attributable to the City case itself. Everton, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City\u2019s Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR)<\/a> rows have been big drivers too, as has the APT case.<\/p>\n

But the 115 charges have swallowed up by far the biggest chunk of costs. And those expenses are borne equally by all 20 top-flight clubs.<\/p>\n

\"InfographicInfographic detailing the 115 charges levelled at the Manchester City by the Premier League<\/p>\n

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For Liverpool, whose owners favour a self-sufficient business model, that is ostensibly not ideal.<\/p>\n

However, speaking exclusively to TBR Football<\/strong>, Liverpool University football finance lecturer Kieran Maguire argues that FSG will accept the financial burden if there is a chance it leads to compensation.<\/p>\n

Kieran Maguire: Liverpool will accept legal bills in hope of compensation from Man City<\/p>\n

Significantly, Maguire says Everton\u2019s recent settlement with Leeds United relating to lost revenue from their finishing higher in the league in 2021-22, when the Toffees breached PSR, could set a precedent.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as Liverpool are concerned, the legal bill is the cost of doing business,\u201d the Price of Football podcast host explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey see themselves as one of the clubs who will have been significantly disadvantaged should Man City be found guilty.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf we take into account the settlement between Everton and Leeds United, that could be significant precedent. But that is if City are found guilty \u2013 and that is a big if. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd although you wouldn\u2019t expect them to say any different, all the noises I am getting from Manchester are very confident. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s going to cost Liverpool \u00a35m but they could potentially get much more if City are found guilty\u2026 They will have effectively worked it out on an insurance basis. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt might be a short-term pain, long-term gain scenario. But the costs have certainly got out of control. Other costs have gone through the roof too, such as utilities and administration at club level.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are among the clubs with an eye on a compensation payday if Manchester City are found guilty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,162,4308,4884,179,886,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-465186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-english-premier-league","11":"tag-football-finance","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-manchester-city","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115297746083442496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}