'Look At What's Happened' - Stefan Borson verdict on Man City submitting 115 charges appeal

Manchester City will definitely appeal against any punishment handed to them in their upcoming 115 charges case.

That is the view of former Man City financial adviser Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider the way the independent commission writes up its verdict could make it “very difficult” for either party to successfully appeal against the ruling.

Man City were dealt the charges by the Premier League in February 2023 for allegedly breaching the financial fair play (FFP) rules over a nine-year period.

The Times reported on 12 August the hearing date has now been brought forward to mid-to-late September after it was originally planned to take place in November.

The newspaper said the hearing is scheduled to last 10 weeks and a verdict is likely to be delivered in early 2025.

Man City 115 charges case could go deep into 2025

But if there is to be an appeal, Borson revealed it’s unlikely that it will be processed, heard and decided by the end of this season.

“It’s very complicated because there is inevitably going to be an appeal if City lose,” Borson told Football Insider.

“If the Premier League lose, I don’t know if there will be one, we’ll have to wait and see.

“But we’ll also have to see what the decision itself is because that will then dictate whether people think they have a viable case for an appeal.

“It could be the way that the decision is written makes that very difficult.

“But if you at look what happened with the Everton appeal, what Everton effectively did when they got the 10 points was they took the decision, which was let’s say 60 pages long, and hired pretty much the best commercial barrister in the country in Laurence Rabinowitz KC and effectively asked him to spend five days attacking every point that he could.

“If we have a 200-page judgement or more in the City case, that process and the process around it is going to take some time.

“I think it’s unlikely that, if the decision comes out in March, that they can somehow get an appeal processed, heard and decided all by the end of the season.

“I just don’t think that is in any way realistic, unless the parties agree to some kind of expedited process.

“But that certainly won’t be happening now because nobody can pre-judge how it’s going to pan out, so I don’t think as we sit here now that they will have set up a timetable that goes all the way through in terms of an appeal and everything else.”

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