As Manchester City faces guilty verdicts for financial misconduct from 2009 to 2018 and appeals the decision, Premier League managers are cautiously addressing the situation in pre-match press conferences. Managers like Enzo Maresca of Man City remain supportive of the club’s stance, emphasizing focus on football rather than external issues. Other managers such as Frank Lampard of Coventry and Marco Rose of Bournemouth take a neutral approach, stating their roles are limited to coaching and not commenting on legal matters.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09,
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It was revealed last week that Manchester City had been found guilty on all charges they faced relating to financial misconduct between 2009 and 2018, a period in which they dominated domestic football.
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That period encompasses much of Pep Guardiola’s highly decorated decade with the club and several triumphant Premier League campaigns.
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City maintain their innocence and have appealed the decision, but could face severe sanctions if they are unsuccessful.
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Pundits, ex-professionals and experts have all taken their chance to weigh in over the past week, but with the Premier League now reconvened, the twenty managers are starting to speak on the news.
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What every Premier League manager has said about Man City charges
This page will be updated as more managers hold their pre-match press conferences throughout Friday.
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Enzo Maresca, Manchester City: “Personally, I’m very calm to be honest.
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We trust completely the club.
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We understand the noise but the focus for us is just what we can control and we can control just the football side.
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Frank Lampard, Coventry: "What can you say when an appeal is going on?
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They are a huge football club now, a huge squad of quality players, so we will see.
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It's not my role to talk about a punishment or how much."
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Matthias Jaissle, Newcastle: "It is not in my job description to judge on that.
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The authorities are taking care of it, and there is a clear process now which will be followed and
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speaking on behalf of the whole club, it is the right approach to focus on what we can do better and what we can influence on the pitch."
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Daniel Farke, Leeds: "It makes no sense if right now everyone wants to have an opinion about this topic.
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It's nothing to do with me.
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I was not involved in the title race during those years.
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Marco Rose, Bournemouth: "I trust in the guys who are involved in these kinds of things and situations and then we will see what happens.
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I'm a football coach, not a politician, and I love to be a football coach, and it should stay like this."
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Regis Le Bris, Sunderland: “The relevant authorities have to be relentless otherwise you lose the value of your competition.
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My position is simple, football has rules on and off the pitch.
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You have to respect those rules.
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When they are broken, you should have consequences, otherwise it’s not fair and we want fair competition, we want fair play.
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I don’t (know what an appropriate punishment would be).”
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Fabian Hurzeler, Brighton: "I can't control anything about that.
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I can only concentrate on what we are doing.
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I have enough topics of my own.
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But let's see how it goes.
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I heard there are some ongoing processes so it's difficult to say anything about it now."
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Oliver Glasner, Nottingham Forest: “Let’s wait until the final verdict is spoken, but my wish is just that this is quick… because we didn’t know with Palace if we were in the Europa League or Conference League and then it was ‘you will hear on Thursday’ and then that became Monday, because it was always delayed.
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Then we got the final verdict ten days before the Conference League started.
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And that’s why I think this must be [completed] as soon as possible.
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It’s a big topic all over the world, especially in Europe.
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The most important thing is the integrity of the league because as soon as the fans can’t trust it, they won’t watch it any more.”
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Alvaro Arbeloa, Fulham: "I prefer not to make any comments.
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I am the Fulham head coach, I have to make many decisions about my team.
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That’s the most important thing.
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I’m just focused on tomorrow’s game.
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