Sports lawyer explains what Manchester City charges verdict means for the club

Sky Sports News explains the Premier League independent commission's finding that Manchester City were guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the league's financial rules. Sports lawyer Simon Leaf comments on the verdict. According to the description, the commission found that between 2009/10 and 2017/18 the club arranged "sham" contracts with several commercial partners as part of a "disguised funding scheme" that inflated its revenues by £830m. The video is a news explainer from Sky Sports News, embedded from the original provider.

• Premier League independent commission found Manchester City guilty of all charges
• Charges concern serious breaches of league financial rules
• Commission cites sham commercial contracts from 2009/10 to 2017/18
• Sports lawyer Simon Leaf explains what the verdict means

► Subscribe to Sky Sports News: http://bit.ly/SkySportsNewsSub ► Watch Sky Sports with NOW: https://bit.ly/NOWSkySportsYT Sports lawyer Simon Leaf explains why Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of Premier League financial rules by an independent commission, the league has said. The independent commission found that between 2009/10 and 2017/18, Manchester City arranged "sham" contracts with a number of its commercial partners as part of a "disguised funding scheme" to artificially inflate the club's revenues by £830m. #SkySportsNews #SkySports #mancity ► For the latest developments on this story: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/topstories ► For the latest transfer news: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/TransferCentre More from Sky Sports on YouTube: ► Sky Sports: http://bit.ly/SkySportsSub ► Sky Sports Boxing: http://bit.ly/SSBoxingSub ► Sky Sports Cricket: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyCricket ► Sky Sports Darts: https://bit.ly/SubSkySportsDarts ► Sky Sports Football: http://bit.ly/SSFootballSub ► Sky Sports F1: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyF1 ► Sky Sports Golf: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsGolf ► Sky Sports Premier League: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsPL ► Sky Sports Retro: http://bit.ly/SkySportsRetroSub ► Sky Sports WSL: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsWSL ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skysportsnews ► X: https://x.com/SkySportsNews ► Website: https://www.skysports.com ► To enquire about licensing Sky Sports content, you can find out more here: https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/31754/11434270/license-sky-sports-footage