Man City 115 charges update as 'all hell could break loose' for Premier League

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Manchester City could learn the outcome of their Premier League charges case during the November international break. More than two-and-a-half years after the league charged Man City with 115 alleged breaches of their regulations, a verdict is reportedly imminent.

The marathon hearing began in mid-September last year, with the anniversary of its conclusion approaching in early December. However, a decision seems likely to emerge before then, possibly during the forthcoming international break next month, which will be the third of the season so far.

It will notably be the penultimate occasion Premier League football pauses this season, with the next interval not arriving until March. The i Paper claims a source with insider knowledge of how arbitration cases work told them legal experts are preparing for a verdict to come in mid-November.

They also quote a source who claimed that votes on financial fair play , scheduled for later next month, could be "totally overshadowed" by the case.

The outlet claims that several figures at Premier League clubs believe a decision will happen by the end of this year at the latest.

Additionally, they quote a source as saying: "It's gone very quiet and because it's been going on for so long it's almost been forgotten about, but all hell could break loose when it lands."

The report reveals that a staggering 250,000 documents could be part of the case.

Legal experts reputedly work on the basis that for every week a hearing lasts, four weeks of deliberation are required.

As detailed in the report, this was true for Everton 's first case of profitability and sustainability, which spanned five days. Applying this assumption to Man City's charges, their alleged 12-week case would take 48 weeks, placing the conclusion in early November.

Earlier this month, Stefan Borson, former legal advisor to Man City, told talkSPORT : "I think the simple reality is that neither party, as of the end of last week, has had the decision of the panel. This is not a case where they've both had the decision and the sort of negotiations and settlement discussions going on in the background. It's very, very simple. They have not had the decision of the panel as of yet.

"I do think now there's no real excuse for a further delay. Even if they were busy on other matters, and they would have been, then I think it would be really quite extraordinary that there's been no timetable set with them and no arrangement set with them in terms of the payment of their time over these last ten months to produce the decision.

"I think on any basis, ten months is enough to produce even a very, very detailed 400 or 500-page decision on this case, and I think it is imminent. I know I have said that before multiple times in this room, but I did think that there was a very good chance that it would have come out for this international window.

"I think there's a very good chance it will come out in the next international window, and I really can't see it going into 2026. I just cannot see it extending beyond the year. I think it is almost out.

"Why has it not dropped into those inboxes as of yet? I don't know; it may well have done, in the last 24 hours, but certainly as of the end of last week, it was not a case of secret discussions or secret settlement discussions. It's just very, very simple. They had not received the decision."

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