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13
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0 of 13 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Manchester City have been found guilty of all the charges brought against them by the Premier League over serious breaches of its financial regulations, prompting a wider discussion around a potential punishment.
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City → find → punishment
The verdict, first reported by The Athletic on September 25, was delivered by Premier League through an independent commission on Tuesday (September 29) following an investigation and legal process spanning several years.
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verdict → report → years
The FFP breaches are related to a period between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons, when Man City won three Premier League titles, one FA Cup, three League Cups and one Community Shield.
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City → relate → titles
City insist they will fight the charges “on the basis that the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact, and is unsafe”.
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opinion → insist → law
The Premier League have also said that now the charges have been proved, the issue of sanction will be addressed separately in a further hearing with the independent commission.
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issue → say → commission
The scenario of Man City being retrospectively stripped of the trophies won during the aforementioned period is the potential punishment that has certainly caught the attention of many Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United supporters on social media.
But what would each club win if they were handed the retrospective titles should Man City be stripped of their eight trophies?
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City → strip → trophies
Standard Sport takes a look...
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Sport → take → look
Arsenal
Despite the appeals of many Arsenal fans as soon as reports emerged, they would not be awarded a single retrospective Premier League title.
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they → emerge → title
This is because the seasons in which they finished runners-up to Man City has not been under investigation.
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they → finish → investigation
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The Gunners would, however, get a League Cup after being demolished 3-0 by City in the 2017-18 final at Wembley.
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Gunners → read → Wembley
Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp’s comments about having a parade in his garden to celebrate a retrospective Liverpool Premier League title resurfaced on Friday, though the season in question is 2013-14 when Brendan Rodgers was in charge of the Reds.
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Rodgers → have → Reds
The German, however, would be able to celebrate a League Cup after losing 2015-16 final on penalties to a Man City side then managed by Manuel Pellegrini.
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German → celebrate → Pellegrini
Man United were twice runners-up to Man City in the Premier League during the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons, meaning two more league titles would be on their way to Old Trafford.
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titles → mean → Trafford