// BBC BUSINESS NEWS — FINANZA
Clubs seek legal advice over Man City charges compensation
Premier League clubs are seeking legal advice about compensation after Manchester City were found guilty of the vast majority of 115 breaches of financial rules they had been accused of by the Premier League.
Sanctions on the club are yet to be announced, but repercussions could include a points deduction, expulsion from the Premier League or a huge fine. BBC Sport has been told that the club will appeal.
The news that City had been found guilty was broken by the Athletic,, external which reported that 114 of the 115 counts were upheld.
It came 1,327 days after City were charged by the Premier League in February 2023 following a four-year investigation, and 22 months since a hearing by an independent commission concluded.
No official announcement has been made by the Premier League, which has declined to comment.
BBC Sport has been told the independent panel has ruled, and the majority of the charges have been upheld.
Manchester City were accused of a wide-range of rule breaches which centred around claims that they inflated sponsorship revenue from connected companies and made other "off the books" payments to circumvent football's financial rules.
The seismic decisions have left a huge number of questions about what will happen next, what City's punishment might be and how the current season will be affected.
And one possibility emerging is that rival Premier League sides may take legal action for compensation, claiming they have been impacted by City's actions.
A number of sides, prior to Friday's news, had already started seeking advice over whether they would have a case for financial compensation.