On September 30, 2026, the Premier League found Manchester City misrepresented £900 million in financial statements between 2009 and 2018, issued sham contracts, and frustrated the investigation, with the club guilty on 114 of 115 charges. City says it is disappointed and surprised and will appeal by Friday, and a separate panel has 12 weeks to consider it. Reporting since has established that of $950 million in Abu Dhabi sponsorships, only $119 million was paid by the sponsors, with Abu Dhabi United Group covering $830 million, and that City added Mazdar, owned by Mubadala, as a sponsor after 2018 and renegotiated the Etihad deal again. Manager Enzo Maresca says he trusts the club and expects it to be cleared, while…