Manchester City's 115 Charges: The Complete Story and Every Possible Punishment Explained
Manchester City has just been found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges brought against it by the Premier League — the single biggest regulatory verdict in the history of English football. The independent commission's decision, which emerged in the final days of September 2026, brings an end to more than three and a half years of legal argument but opens up an entirely new, and possibly even longer, fight over punishment. This is the complete story of how City ended up here — from the 2008 Abu Dhabi takeover, through a decade of unprecedented success, to a hearing that ran longer than some Premier League seasons — and a full breakdown of every sanction the club could still face. How It All Began: The 2008 Abu Dhabi Takeover To understand the 115 charges, you have to go back to September 2008, when the Abu Dhabi United Group, a private equity vehicle chaired by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan — a ...