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Financial expert says Premier League have ‘screwed up’ Manchester City case amid ex-chairman’s explosive take

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Football finance expert Stefan Borson has strongly refuted a claim that Manchester City should face restrictions on player trading. City’s 130 breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules loom large, having initially been charged in February 2023. Former City chairman David Bernstein is not a fan of City being able to freely spend with the charges hanging over their heads Getty However, an official ruling is yet to be handed down, even though a hearing took place between September and December 2024. In that time, City have been free to sign and sell players, including the nine-figure acquisitions of Enzo Fernandez and Elliot Anderson this summer. David Bernstein’s verdict on Manchester City’s financial breaches But for former FA chairman Bernstein, who was City chairman from 1998 to 2003, believed a transfer embargo should have been in place once the club was charged. “If in another industry, if say a bank, an individual banker, had 115 charges against him or her for let’s call it

First report: Former Man City chairman says £440m spending spree ‘makes a mockery’ of Premier League — gbnews.com, 8d