EPL: Man City must face consequences – UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham

UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has said Manchester City must face “appropriate consequences” over breaches of the Premier League financial rules.

Burnham made his stance known in a statement released on Thursday.

The statement was signed by a 10 Downing Street spokesperson.

It read: “As the Prime Minister made clear, the initial judgement is serious and there can’t be any suggestion that anyone is above the rules.

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“He also stressed that it is an ongoing independent process. It is essential that it is allowed to run its course and the outcome respected.

“Wherever wrongdoing is established, those responsible should face the appropriate consequences.”

An independent commission found that City arranged “sham” contracts between 2009/10 and 2017/18 with a number of its commercial partners, as part of a “disguised funding scheme” to artificially inflate the club’s revenues by £830m.

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