The Reds are one of four clubs were served legal notices on City in 2024, and are reserving the right to seek compensation if City are found guilty
Liverpool's virgil van Dijk and Manchester City's Erling Haaland (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP via Getty Images)
Liverpool's virgil van Dijk and Manchester City's Erling Haaland (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP via Getty Images)
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Liverpool could demand over £100m from Manchester City in compensation if they are found guilty of serious charges among the 115 alleged breaches of financial rules, according to a report.
The Times report that the Reds, who served legal notices on City in 2024 along with Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, are reserving the right to seek compensation in the wake of a guilty verdict against City, who deny all the charges.
The report adds that the four clubs have each calculated potential losses of 'significantly' more than £100m as compensation for missing out on Champions League qualification and potential other prize money, with interest also coming into account.
The decision to award Burnley £35m, plus interest, from Everton after their Premier League relegation could now open the way for those four clubs to pursue compensation should City be found guilty of the most serious charges.
On Wednesday an independent Premier League commission concluded that the Blues had obtained a sporting advantage following breaches of Profit and Sustainability Rules, which they say helped lead to them staying up and Burnley going down in May 2022.
Everton plan to appeal.
They said in a statement: "The club does not recognise the findings of the panel in determining Burnley’s relegation from the Premier League in May 2022 was caused by a sporting advantage gained by Everton due to a breach of Profit & Sustainability Rules, for which a substantive sporting sanction has already been received.
"This ruling sets a dangerous and unworkable precedent for English football, given it is constructed on a principle that a club can be in breach of financial rules at any point in a financial year.
"Everton believes the panel’s ruling misrepresents the clear evidence presented by its legal representatives and that an appeal will be successful."
If City are found guilty, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham could claim that they obtained a sporting advantage over the period between 2009 and 2017 that the alleged breaches cover.