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(European News Agency)

[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] As one of the "Big 6 Giants" of the Premier League, Manchester City has dominated the league for 4 times in the past 5 seasons, and has temporarily ranked second in the league so far this season.

However, the Premier League official suddenly issued a statement yesterday, stating that after investigations by the league over the past four years, it has been confirmed that Manchester City was involved in more than 100 financial violations between 2009 and 2018.

Manchester City will face fines, point deduction, and even downgrade punishment. The exact punishment method will be determined after the decision of an independent committee entrusted by the Premier League.

According to the Premier League official statement, Manchester City did not provide "accurate" financial information during the nine seasons of the investigation, which prevented the league and the outside world from accurately understanding the team's financial situation.

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In this regard, the Manchester City team subsequently responded through a statement: "Manchester City Football Team is surprised by the league's release of information about these alleged violations. In particular, the league has a lot of information and has participated extensively in the investigation of this matter, but still come to this conclusion. conclusion."

The latter part of the article also emphasized that Manchester City welcomes the independent committee to review the matter and return justice to the team with evidence.

"We look forward to a proper resolution of this matter."

According to "ESPN" reports, sources close to Manchester City pointed out that the team was disappointed in the Premier League that the case was made public without warning.

And they believe that since the Premier League will release the "White Paper on Football Governance" this month, it is necessary to hastily expose the Manchester City incident before then.

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