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Regulator chair says he would quit over political interference in Manchester City sanctions

An independent panel found Manchester City inflated revenue by over $1bn; the club calls the ruling unsafe and is appealing.

Updated Oct 16, 2026 · 18:24 UTC2 reports

The short version

An independent panel found Manchester City artificially inflated its revenue by more than $1bn over nearly a decade.[Al Jazeera]
The club says it is innocent and will argue on appeal that UAE government payments were made as a shareholder of its sponsors.[BBC News]
Regulator chair David Kogan said he would resign over any political interference in potential sanctions and said the regulator faces no political pressure.[Al Jazeera]
Potential sanctions and the outcome of the appeal remain undecided and unknown.[BBC News · Al Jazeera]

Regulator chair David Kogan said he would resign if there were any political interference over potential sanctions for Manchester City.[Al Jazeera]
Kogan said the regulator has come under no political pressure on this or any other topic.[Al Jazeera]
An independent panel found Manchester City artificially inflated its revenue by more than $1bn over nearly a decade.[Al Jazeera]
Manchester City say they are innocent and have irrefutable evidence that the ruling contains material errors.[BBC News]
City will argue in its appeal that UAE government payments were made as a shareholder of the sponsors.[BBC News]

The outcome of the appeal and the nature of any sanctions remain unresolved.[BBC News · Al Jazeera]
The club's account of UAE-linked payments is disputed, and the appeal has not yet tested it.[BBC News]

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