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City guilty on 114 charges, says The Athletic; 'almost all of more than 100', say the Guardian's sources; the League says nothing

Reports on 25 September say an independent commission has found Manchester City guilty of breaking Premier League financial rules. They give four different counts, and every one rests on unnamed sources. The Premier League declined to comment. City say the process 'remains ongoing'.

Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules
Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules as published by The Guardian · seen at The Guardian
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What is reported. Reports published on 25 September say an independent commission has found Manchester City guilty of breaking Premier League financial rules. No official body has said so. RTÉ News and TheJournal.ie report that the Premier League declined to comment. City said the process "remains ongoing, with significant elements to be completed".

Four counts for one verdict.

Outlet Count Whose word
ABC News (Australia), TheJournal.ie 114 The Athletic, "multiple reports"
The Guardian "almost all of more than 100" "sources confirmed to the Guardian"
The Sydney Morning Herald "nearly all 115" "a person familiar with the process"
RTÉ News "almost all" "according to reports"
The Independent (analysis) "expected" guilty of "most" The Athletic and its own sources

One source behind most of it. Nine of the 13 reports we hold credit The Athletic. Three rely on their own unnamed sources. The figure 114 comes from The Athletic alone.

Only one says "bad faith". The Guardian reports that the panel found City "acted in bad faith". No other report we hold carries that.

A date that does not match. ABC News (Australia) says the hearing was "last year". The Sydney Morning Herald dates it 16 September to 6 December 2024.

Not settled. Whether the count is 114. Whether the verdict is final or only "expected", as The Independent's analysis puts it. What the sanction is: RTÉ News reports The Athletic as saying none is decided. Whether City will appeal: that rests on unnamed sources, and City's statement does not mention it.

What this is about. Whether Manchester City broke the Premier League's financial rules in the years it became England's dominant club.

How it got here. ABC News (Australia) reports that Sheikh Mansour, a member of the ruling family of the United Arab Emirates, bought City in September 2008. Heavy investment and a run of trophies followed. In 2018 the German magazine Der Spiegel published leaked documents about City's sponsorship deals, known as Football Leaks. In 2020 UEFA, European football's governing body, banned City from the Champions League for two years for overstating sponsorship revenue. The Sydney Morning Herald notes that the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned that ban. The Premier League ran its own investigation from 2018. In February 2023 it referred City to an independent commission on 115 charges. The charges cover false or incomplete financial information across nine seasons, 2009-10 to 2017-18. They also cover failing to co-operate with the investigation from 2018 to 2023. A three-person panel heard the case from 16 September to 6 December 2024.

Who is involved. The Premier League runs the competition and writes the rules its clubs sign up to. It brought the charges. The commission is independent of the League and rules on them. City have denied every charge since 2023. Parliament also set up a separate Independent Football Regulator in 2025. The Independent reports that the regulator has powers that could remove key figures at a club.

What is at stake. The Independent reports that under the League's rule W.51, a club found guilty can be fined, docked points, suspended or expelled. It can also be ordered to pay other clubs compensation. Everton and Nottingham Forest were docked points for smaller breaches. City won three league titles in the seasons charged.

Where it stands. Nothing is official. No sanction has been decided. City say the process "remains ongoing". No report we hold quotes the commission itself.

What is being argued about

  • How many charges City were found guilty on: 114, 'almost all', 'nearly all' or 'most'
  • Whose word the verdict rests on: The Athletic, or each outlet's own unnamed sources
  • What sanctions are possible, from fines to expulsion, and whether past titles could be removed
  • Whether City will appeal, and how long that could take
One verdict, told four waysSide by side
OutletCount givenWhose wordTense
The Guardian"almost all of more than 100""sources confirmed to the Guardian"have been found guilty
The Sydney Morning Herald"nearly all 115" (headline: 114)"a person familiar with the process"has been found guilty
ABC News (Australia)114"according to multiple reports"; The Athletichave been found guilty
TheJournal.ie114"it is being reported"; The Athletichave been found guilty
RTÉ News"almost all""according to reports"; The Athletichave been found guilty
Morning Star"almost all but one of the 115""it is being reported"; The Athletichave been found guilty
The Independent (news)114 of 115The Athletic"set to be found guilty"
The Independent (analysis)"most of the 115"The Athletic and its own sources"expected to be found guilty"
Every account rests on sources who are not named. The Premier League declined to comment.
Sources The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Sydney Morning Herald
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The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial charges in seismic EPL ruling Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC News (Australia)
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ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service Man City guilty of breaching EPL financial rules, punishment still pending Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC News (Australia) → What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4667 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Man City found guilty of over 100 charges of breaching Premier League financial rules - reports Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Man City found guilty of breaching rules - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → M Morning Star
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Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · City ‘guilty’ of all but one financial rule breaches Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 876 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Could Manchester City be expelled from the Premier League over financial breaches? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent The Man City verdict is an earthquake – what comes next could be even bigger Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
What the 115 charges coverChart
The groups are as The Independent published them. No report says which charge City were cleared of.
Sources The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Man City release statement after Premier League ‘verdict’ on 115 charges Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
From investigation to an unconfirmed verdictTimeline
  1. 2018— no time published Premier League Investigation into City beginsRTÉ News
  2. Feb 2023— no time published Premier League Refers City to an independent commission 115 chargesThe Independent
  3. 16 Sep 2024— no time published Independent commission Hearing beginsThe Sydney Morning Herald, RTÉ News
  4. 6 Dec 2024— no time published Independent commission Hearing endsThe Sydney Morning Herald
  5. 25 Sep 202614:03 report published RTÉ News Guilty on "virtually all counts", according to reportscredits The Athletic
  6. 25 Sep 202614:18 report published TheJournal.ie Guilty on 114 charges, it is being reported 114credits The Athletic
  7. 25 Sep 202615:33 report published The Sydney Morning Herald Guilty of "nearly all 115", a person familiar saysown unnamed source
  8. 25 Sep 202615:35 report published The Guardian Guilty on "almost all of more than 100"; the panel found "bad faith"own unnamed sources
  9. 25 Sep 202615:44 report published ABC News (Australia) Guilty of 114 charges, stated flat in its summary 114credits The Athletic
Report times are publication times in UTC.
Sources R RTÉ News
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Man City found guilty of breaching rules - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Man City found guilty of over 100 charges of breaching Premier League financial rules - reports Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Sydney Morning Herald
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The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial charges in seismic EPL ruling Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Guardian
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The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC News (Australia)
Centre estimate · not a score
ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service Man City guilty of breaching EPL financial rules, punishment still pending Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC News (Australia) → What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4667 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Man City release statement after Premier League ‘verdict’ on 115 charges Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

One verdict, several counts

Six reports give the exact figure of 114 guilty findings. Five give no number and say 'almost all', 'nearly all', 'most' or 'virtually all' instead. The reports also disagree on tense: some say City 'have been found guilty', others that City is 'expected' or 'set' to be.

5 reports giving no exact count

Whose word is it

Nine reports credit The Athletic with the story. Three rely on their own unnamed sources. Nobody quoted confirms the verdict: the Premier League declined to comment, and City said the process 'remains ongoing'.

9 reports crediting The Athletic 3 reports citing their own unnamed sources 5 reports saying the League gave no comment 6 reports quoting the club's statement
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Guardian
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC News (Australia)
Centre estimate · not a score
ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service Man City guilty of breaching EPL financial rules, punishment still pending Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC News (Australia) → What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4667 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Sydney Morning Herald
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial charges in seismic EPL ruling Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Man City found guilty of over 100 charges of breaching Premier League financial rules - reports Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Man City found guilty of breaching rules - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → M Morning Star
Left estimate · not a score
Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · City ‘guilty’ of all but one financial rule breaches Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 876 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent The Man City verdict is an earthquake – what comes next could be even bigger Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Man City release statement after Premier League ‘verdict’ on 115 charges Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Everything Pep Guardiola said about Manchester City’s 115 charges Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Could Manchester City be expelled from the Premier League over financial breaches? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent What would the Premier League have looked like without Man City? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Man City charges verdict – live: Bombshell decision set to be announced over Premier League charges Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Friday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified Manchester City have been found guilty on 114 of the 115 Premier League charges.
The exact figure of 114 comes from The Athletic, and ABC News (Australia), TheJournal.ie, the Morning Star and The Independent all repeat it from that one report. The Guardian and The Sydney Morning Herald cite their own unnamed sources for 'almost all' or 'nearly all', while the Premier League has declined to comment and City say the process 'remains ongoing'.
Checked against 8 sources:
ABC News (Australia)
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ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service Man City guilty of breaching EPL financial rules, punishment still pending Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC News (Australia) → What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4667 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Man City found guilty of over 100 charges of breaching Premier League financial rules - reports Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → M Morning Star
Left estimate · not a score
Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · City ‘guilty’ of all but one financial rule breaches Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 876 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Man City release statement after Premier League ‘verdict’ on 115 charges Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Could Manchester City be expelled from the Premier League over financial breaches? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Guardian
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The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Sydney Morning Herald
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial charges in seismic EPL ruling Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Man City found guilty of breaching rules - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Manchester City will appeal against the verdict.
The Guardian ('it is understood'), The Sydney Morning Herald ('a person familiar') and The Independent ('expected') all rely on unnamed sources. City's own published statement does not mention an appeal.
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The Guardian
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The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Sydney Morning Herald
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The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial charges in seismic EPL ruling Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent The Man City verdict is an earthquake – what comes next could be even bigger Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Man City found guilty of over 100 charges of breaching Premier League financial rules - reports Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
false The independent panel's hearing into the charges took place last year.
ABC News (Australia) says the hearing was 'last year', which would mean 2025. The Sydney Morning Herald says it ran from 16 September to 6 December 2024, and RTÉ News and the Morning Star also date its start to 16 September 2024.
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ABC News (Australia)
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ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service Man City guilty of breaching EPL financial rules, punishment still pending Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC News (Australia) → What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4667 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Sydney Morning Herald
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The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial charges in seismic EPL ruling Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Man City found guilty of breaching rules - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → M Morning Star
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Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · City ‘guilty’ of all but one financial rule breaches Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 876 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

M Miguel Delaney The Independent · 2 reports on this story
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Loaded unattributed 'Cheating' appears in the report's own voice, hedged only as 'would be perceived'. No source is given for it.×1
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I Indie Purcell Morning Star
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attribution placed after the claim the claim comes first; 'according to reports' closes the sentence×1
League silence the league declined to comment×1
Verdict certainty attributed to other reports×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false3 unverified
From 41 reports we hold under this byline, at Morning Star. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
E Emma Hickey TheJournal.ie
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Actor named The government is named as the actor that accepted the recommendation. The parents are not mentioned×1
Actor named names the government as the one that chose×1
Asserted flat Calls the chair unpopular without attributing it×1
Figure attributed Gives the crowd size and attributes it to the protesting group×1
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1 unverified4 true
From 84 reports we hold under this byline, at TheJournal.ie. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
M Michael Jones The Independent
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Gap named says no official source has confirmed×1
Hedge in headline quotation marks around the finding×1
League silence says outright that the league has not confirmed anything×1
Verdict certainty framed as an expected verdict, not a delivered one×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified1 true
From 51 reports we hold under this byline, at The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
R Riley Stuart ABC News (Australia)
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Asserted vs attributed 114 stated flat in the summary; attributed only lower down×1
Summary stated flat The summary box states 114 as fact. The body of the same report hedges it as 'according to multiple reports'.×1
The reporter's judgement stated as fact calls the ban symbolic and predicts its reach, both unattributed×1
Unattributed claim 'claims' about Iran's 'regime' with no one named as making them×1
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1 false1 disputed1 unverified3 true
From 15 reports we hold under this byline, at ABC News (Australia). Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
M Matt Hughes The Guardian
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Anonymous sourcing The clubs said to be uneasy about Burnham's ties to City's owners are not named or counted.×1
Anonymous sourcing The government's displeasure is reported through officials who are only 'understood' to feel it. None is named.×1
Asserted vs attributed finding of bad faith stated flat, with no source in the sentence×1
Count vague own sources This report relies on its own unnamed sources and gives no exact count: 'almost all of more than 100'.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
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From 45 reports we hold under this byline, at The Guardian. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
P Paul MacInnes The Guardian
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Asserted vs attributed finding of bad faith stated flat, with no source in the sentence×1
Count vague own sources This report relies on its own unnamed sources and gives no exact count: 'almost all of more than 100'.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 16 reports we hold under this byline, at The Guardian. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
W Will Unwin The Guardian
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Asserted vs attributed finding of bad faith stated flat, with no source in the sentence×1
Count vague own sources This report relies on its own unnamed sources and gives no exact count: 'almost all of more than 100'.×1
Measure chosen Rounds the verdict to a loose count that matches neither 'all' nor 'majority'.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 36 reports we hold under this byline, at The Guardian. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
D David Hellier The Sydney Morning Herald
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false2 unverified
From 1 report we hold under this byline, at The Sydney Morning Herald. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
G Giles Turner The Sydney Morning Herald
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false2 unverified
From 1 report we hold under this byline, at The Sydney Morning Herald. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
H Harry Latham-Coyle The Independent
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From 101 reports we hold under this byline, at The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
K Kieran Jackson The Independent
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L Lawrence Ostlere The Independent
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Tense future The verdict is written as still to come ('set to be'), while other reports say City has already been found guilty.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
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From 51 reports we hold under this byline, at The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
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Attribution body attributes the complaint as a feeling×1
Claim conflict says the Idah allegation is being assessed×1
Headline paraphrase headline says 'inaction'; in the body the phrase is 'lack of action' and 'difficult position', not tied hands×1
Hedged 'Alleged' is used, and the incident is described as 'involving' Idah, not as aimed at him×1
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Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent The Man City verdict is an earthquake – what comes next could be even bigger Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Says City are only 'expected' to be found guilty of 'most' charges, and that an appeal could take 'months, even years'.
Sport Football Analysis The Man City verdict is an earthquake – what comes next could be even bigger With Man City expected to be found guilty of most of the 115 charges, the Premier League has a highly significant first victory in one of the most important legal battles in sporting history. What happens now remains complicated. By Miguel Delaney Friday 25 September 2026 17:54 BST Bookmark Comments Go to comments Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover open image in gallery Manchester City are expected to be found guilty of most of the Premier League’s charges - with the club set
Loaded unattributed: 'Cheating' appears in the report's own voice, hedged only as 'would be perceived'. No source is given for it. — “given that this would be perceived as the greatest case of cheating in English football history”
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/man-city-verdict-charges-p…
M Morning Star
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Morning Star 🇬🇧UK · digital · City ‘guilty’ of all but one financial rule breaches Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Morning Star → What we have measured Anyone hurt counted the only report that carries a civilian death; the person is counted, not named ×1Anyone hurt counted Moscow region dead given by age and sex, attributed to the regional governor ×1A speaker's epithet carried in the reporter's "sugar daddies" used to describe the donors outside the quotation ×1Asserted flat, not attributed a contested political claim written as an established fact ×1 from 876 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The earliest report we hold. It names The Athletic as its source, says sanctions are undecided and says City 'are said to be appealing'.
Football / 25 September 2026 Premier League calls Fifa governance ‘not fit for purpose’ in plea for reform 25 September 2026 Men’s Football / 25 September 2026 Knight says Republic of Ireland’s game with Israel shouldn’t be going ahead 25 September 2026 Men’s Football / 25 September 2026 Chelsea charged by FA over alleged discriminatory chanting against Fulham 25 September 2026 MANCHESTER CITY have been found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules, according to reports. The club were charged in February 2023 with more than 100 breaches of league rules,
Verdict certainty: attributed to other reports — “according to reports”
League silence: the league declined to comment — “The Premier League declined to comment.”
Attribution placed after the claim: the claim comes first; 'according to reports' closes the sentence — “MANCHESTER CITY have been found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules, according to reports.”
Read it at Morning Star → https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/city-guilty-all-one-financial-r…
T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Friday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Runs the hearing as the fifth of the day's five stories, after a Drumcree parade decision and a record number of people in emergency accommodation.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. 1. #DRUMCREE PARADE: An Orange Order parade is to be permitted to march down the predominantly nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown for the first time in almost 30 years. 2. #HOUSING CRISIS: The number of people in emergency accommodation increased by 358 last month to 17,885, a new record. 3. #MANCHESTER CITY: Manchester City has been found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules, according to reports. 4. #MOUNT TEMPLE: U2 played a ‘secret’ gig this afternoon to mark the 50th ann
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/5-at-5-25-09-26-7173823-Sep2026/
The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent What would the Premier League have looked like without Man City? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Sets out which titles could be affected if punishment were applied to past seasons.
Sport Football What would the Premier League have looked like without Man City? Manchester City are expected to be sanctioned if found guilty of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules which could lead to their previous league titles being stripped from them Michael Jones Friday 25 September 2026 16:58 BST Bookmark Comments Go to comments Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover open image in gallery Sergio Aguero helped Manchester City win the Premier League in 2012 (Getty) Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Want to bookmark your favourite articles and s
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/manchester-city-premier-le…
ABC News (Australia)
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ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service Man City guilty of breaching EPL financial rules, punishment still pending Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC News (Australia) → What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4667 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — public-service
States 114 flat in its summary box, then attributes it to 'multiple reports' in the body. Says the hearing was 'last year'.
Manchester City found guilty of breaching EPL financial rules, club expected to appeal By Riley Stuart in London Topic:English Premier League Posted Sat 26 Sep 2026 at 1:44amSat 26 Sep 2026 at 1:44amSat 26 Sep 2026 at 1:44am Manchester City have been a dominant force in English football for over a decade. (Reuters: Phil Noble) In short: Manchester City have been found guilty of 114 charges it faced for breaching the English Premier League's financial rules. The news has been widely reported in British media, but the club and the EPL, have yet to comment. What's next? The independent panel whic
Summary stated flat: The summary box states 114 as fact. The body of the same report hedges it as 'according to multiple reports'. — “Manchester City have been found guilty of 114 charges it faced for breaching the English Premier League's financial rules”
Asserted vs attributed: 114 stated flat in the summary; attributed only lower down — “Manchester City have been found guilty of 114 charges it faced for breaching the English Premier League's financial rules.”
Read it at ABC News (Australia) → https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-26/man-city-guilty-of-breaching-epl…
The Guardian
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The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Guardian → What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that says the panel found City 'acted in bad faith'. It cites its own sources and gives no exact count.
Manchester City face substantial sanctions from the Premier League after an independent panel found they had acted in bad faith and broken numerous rules over financial fair play. The Premier League did not issue a statement but sources confirmed to the Guardian that City had been found guilty on almost all of more than 100 charges. City are surprised at the timing of the news because they say the process is ongoing. It is understood the club intend to appeal against a guilty verdict, confident of winning.
Count vague own sources: This report relies on its own unnamed sources and gives no exact count: 'almost all of more than 100'. — “sources confirmed to the Guardian that City had been found guilty on almost all of more than 100 charges”
Asserted vs attributed: finding of bad faith stated flat, with no source in the sentence — “an independent panel found they had acted in bad faith”
Read it at The Guardian → https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/25/manchester-city-found-…
T The Sydney Morning Herald
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The Sydney Morning Herald 🇦🇺AU · digital · Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial charges in seismic EPL ruling Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → What we have measured Actor label The man arrested for slashing the boat is introduced as a 'high-profile protest organiser', a neutral job title, and by his online alias. ×1Anonymous source The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. ×1Asserted, not attributed cost, deficit effect and inflation effect stated flat in a picture caption ×1Asserted vs attributed The slashing is stated flat, with no 'allegedly', although the man had only been arrested. ×1 from 5549 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Rests the verdict and the appeal on 'a person familiar with the process'. Gives the hearing dates, 16 September to 6 December 2024.
Anonymous source: The verdict rests on one unnamed person. The count is given as 'nearly all', not a number. — “according to a person familiar with the process”
Read it at The Sydney Morning Herald → https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/manchester-city-found-guilty-of-114…
The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Everything Pep Guardiola said about Manchester City’s 115 charges Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Collects what former manager Pep Guardiola said about the charges from 2019 to this year.
Sport Football Everything Pep Guardiola said about Manchester City’s 115 charges The club have reportedly been found guilty of 114 charges of breaching Premier League rules Harry Latham-Coyle Friday 25 September 2026 16:21 BST Bookmark Comments Go to comments Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover open image in gallery (PA) Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Your support helps us to tell the story Read mo
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The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Man City release statement after Premier League ‘verdict’ on 115 charges Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Breaks the 115 charges into five groups. The largest is 54 charges on accurate financial information.
The Independent's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn commission. Sport Football Man City release statement after Premier League ‘verdict’ on 115 charges City were initially charged in February 2023 and an official verdict is finally imminent from the Premier League Kieran Jackson Friday 25 September 2026 16:12 BST Bookmark Comments Go to comments Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover Man City's alleged breaches took place over a nine-season period, from 2009 to 2018 (PA) Become an Independent member to bookmark this
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The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Could Manchester City be expelled from the Premier League over financial breaches? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Writes the verdict in the future tense, 'set to be found guilty', and quotes the sanctions in Premier League rule W.51.
Sport Football Could Manchester City be expelled from the Premier League over financial breaches? Manchester City are braced for heavy sanctions from the Premier League Lawrence Ostlere Friday 25 September 2026 15:58 BST Bookmark Comments Go to comments Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover Man City found guilty of almost all financial rule breaches Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Your support helps u
Tense future: The verdict is written as still to come ('set to be'), while other reports say City has already been found guilty. — “Manchester City are set to be found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges made by the Premier League”
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/manchester-city-premier-le…
T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Man City found guilty of over 100 charges of breaching Premier League financial rules - reports Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Gives 114. Says the Premier League declined to comment to the Press Association and stressed the process is ongoing.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. MANCHESTER CITY HAVE been found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules, according to reports. The club were charged in February 2023 with 115 breaches of league rules, charges which City strenuously denied. Now it is being reported that City have been found guilty on 114 of those charges by an independent commission, but that City are to appeal. The Athletic said sanctions were undecided at this stage. The Premier League declined to comment when contacted by the Press Association a
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/man-city-charges-2-7173719-Sep2026/
The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Man City charges verdict – live: Bombshell decision set to be announced over Premier League charges Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The landmark ruling follows one of the most significant court cases in the history of sport. City were charged with over 115 alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules in February 2023 following a four-year investigation. The Premier League said the alleged breaches took place between 2009 and 2018, and related to providing accurate financial information and failing to comply with profit and sustainability rules (PSR). Other charges included an accusation of failing to co-operate with the Premier League’s investigation, which was prompted by the Football Leaks revelations. City h
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Man City found guilty of breaching rules - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — PUBLIC
Lists what the charges cover season by season, including Roberto Mancini's pay and failure to co-operate from 2018 to 2023.
Manchester City set to appeal after being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial rules - report Updated / Friday, 25 Sep 2026 15:23 Getty City faced over 100 breaches of Premier League rules Manchester City have been found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching the Premier League's financial rules, according to reports. The club were charged in February 2023 with more than 100 breaches of league rules, charges which City strenuously denied. Now it is being reported that City have been found guilty on almost all of those charges by an independent commission, but that City are t
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The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RNZ
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RNZ 🇳🇿NZ · digital · PUBLIC No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Headline against body headline claims a 20-year decline reversed; the first line of the body reports a new low in reading ×1Headline against body headline claims a turnaround; the text carries a record low and puts it on boys ×1 from 2328 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C CBC News
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CBC News 🇨🇦CA · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed the measure is attributed to the three governments; the territory is called occupied in the outlet's own voice ×1Attribution kept in the headline the sourcing travels with the claim into the headline ×1Figure rounded in the headline more than 600 in the headline; the body sources it to a flight-tracking site ×1How the sourcing is hedged the claim is hedged to an unnamed newspaper in both headline and body; the reporting is not held by this report ×1 from 2730 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
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BBC News
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BBC News 🇬🇧UK · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution 'It was not until Tuesday' is a judgement about delay, not a date. No other report we hold comments on how long the German finding took. ×1How hard the claim is stated Headline says the UN voted to adopt and replace; the last sentence of the report says the vote is non-binding ×1How hard the claim is stated The qualification arrives in the last sentence and is immediately overridden by an effect the report gives no source for. ×1Which figure is used States the replacement as done — the Assembly voted to replace the map — where the resolution urges states to use a different projection. ×1 from 473 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Daily Telegraph
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The Daily Telegraph 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times
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The Times 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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