{"id":936946,"date":"2026-05-04T10:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/936946\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:59:17","slug":"manchester-city-115-charges-legal-source-issues-update-on-judges-involved-in-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/936946\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City 115 charges: &#8216;Legal source&#8217; issues update on judges involved in case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Richard-Masters-Khaldoon-Al-Mubarak-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Premier League chief executive Richard Masters, alongside Man City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Imago\/Getty)<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20210903_163509-150x150.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Ciaran Morrison\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Mon 4 May 2026 10:57, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/manchester-city-fc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester City\u2019s<\/a> 115 charges case is being dragged on due to judges being busy with other work, according to Keith Wyness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The former Everton chief executive, speaking to <strong>Football Insider<\/strong>, questions that narrative and thinks a solution to how the Premier League will handle the verdict is being worked on behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p>It has been over three years since Man City were first charged by the Premier League for an alleged breach of their financial rules between 2009 and 2018.<\/p>\n<p>There have been suggestions that Man City could be expelled from the Premier League or hit with a huge points deduction if they are found guilty.<\/p>\n<p>No time frame has been released over when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/manchester-city-fc\/finance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man City\u2019s 115 charges case<\/a> will be resolved, and Pep Guardiola\u2019s side could add another Premier League title to their trophy cabinet this season if they beat Arsenal in a thrilling title race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px 0;color: #1C2C5B;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;text-transform: uppercase\">\ud83d\udcb0 Man City Finance Update \ud83d\udcb0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 15px 0;color: #333333;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: 15px\">Inside the transfer budget, CFG investment, 115 charges updates, and the latest North Stand expansion news.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/manchester-city-fc\/finance\/\" style=\"background-color: #6CABDD;color: #1C2C5B;padding: 12px 25px;text-decoration: none;font-family: sans-serif;font-weight: bold;border-radius: 2px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VISIT THE FINANCE HUB<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>  Premier League reaching \u2018settlement\u2019 on 115 charges case<\/p>\n<p>Everton\u2019s former chief Keith Wyness \u2013 who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs \u2013 believes that the case is beginning to take too long to resolve.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the new edition of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7Atmejn4fSX2w7S8NBVKdv?si=89bd84059df14189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football Insider<\/strong>\u2018s Inside Track podcast<\/a>, Wyness was not pleased with the idea that the judges are busy handling other cases.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Total Revenue<\/td>\n<td>\u00a3694.1m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Commercial Revenue<\/td>\n<td>\u00a3340.4m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday Revenue<\/td>\n<td>\u00a375.1m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Player Trading Profit<\/td>\n<td>\u00a395.2m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Man City\u2019s 2024-25 financial accounts.<\/p>\n<p>He told\u00a0<strong>Football Insider<\/strong>\u2018s Inside Track podcast: \u201cI read a very interesting appraisal of the situation from a legal source.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were saying that basically they believe that the judges have not had the right time, and they\u2019ve been busy on other cases and that\u2019s the only reason behind it. I question that. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still think that there\u2019s a settlement of some sort being tried to be worked out and how they\u2019re going to handle the actual outcome. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo look, we all know it\u2019s dragged on for too long. If this is the legal situation, that it is just the judges being too busy, then I\u2019m afraid that\u2019s not good enough either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Man City to welcome offers on midfielder this summer<\/p>\n<p>Man City can only wait for an announcement on their 115 charges case, and the club are continuing to plan for the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having only moved to the Etihad last summer, sources have told <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tijjani-reijnders-could-leave-man-city-as-serie-a-giants-race-to-agree-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tijjani Reijnders will be allowed to leave Man City<\/a> in the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder has struggled for game time lately despite having made a positive start to his Man City career.<\/p>\n<p>Serie A clubs are plotting moves for the 27-year-old, who previously had a two-year spell at AC Milan before moving to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 0 15px 0; color: #1C2C5B; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;\">        Don\u2019t Miss a Beat: Your Man City Insider Access\n    <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 0 20px 0; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;\">        Get the full story from the Etihad Stadium and CFA with our dedicated expert hubs:\n    <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 20px 0 0 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #444444; border-top: 1px solid #6CABDD; padding-top: 12px; text-align: center;\"> Updated 24\/7 with expert analysis from the Etihad Campus. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago\/Getty) Mon 4 May 2026 10:57, UK Manchester City\u2019s 115 charges case is being dragged on due&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,118044,2465,886,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-936946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-keith-wyness","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-city","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116515961826796281","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936946","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=936946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}