Manchester City's CEO has addressed the recent reports claiming that the former Premier League champions have been found guilty of almost all the 115 charges brought against them
Ferran Soriano (R) and Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Ferran Soriano (R) and Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak(Image: Getty Images)
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Ferran Soriano, the Manchester City chief executive officer, is said to have stressed that the club's fight with the Premier League over the 115 charges brought against them is far from over during a European Football Clubs board meeting.
Football was rocked last week by reports that City had been found guilty of all but one of the charges against them, though the former Premier League champions are expected to appeal the verdict. Formal confirmation has yet to arrive but City's chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, released a statement over the weekend reiterating that the club were confident of clearing their name.
And Soriano, speaking at a meeting which was also attended by senior figures from other Premier League clubs, adopted a similar stance of defiance during an impromptu address on Monday.
Per The Athletic, Soriano wanted to address the reports and made it clear that the club would continue to fight against the charges.
“It has taken eight years to reach this point and it will still take much more time,” he is understood to have said.
Soriano declined to comment further when he was asked to do so by reporters in Copenhagen after the meeting.