Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has issued a statement on Manchester City's ongoing legal battle against the Premier League over alleged breaches of spending rules
10:04, 04 Aug 2025Updated 10:05, 04 Aug 2025
Daniel Levy wants answers over Manchester City's legal battle with the Premier League
Daniel Levy wants answers over Manchester City's legal battle with the Premier League(Image: Getty Images)
Tottenham supremo Daniel Levy has called for a verdict to be announced following the legal battle between the Premier League and Manchester City.
City have been under investigation over 115 charges of allegedly breaching league spending rules. Pep Guardiola's former champions are still without an outcome to the charges that were first levied against them back in February 2023.
City bosses deny the allegations, insisting the club have 'irrefutable evidence' to prove their innocence. But this evidence was not heard until September 2024, in a hearing which lasted two months.
Almost eight months later, all parties have still not been told the ruling from the independent panel. Premier League chief executive Richard Masters was asked about the outcome on American television last week.
But he apologised after refusing to reveal details of the case. And now Spurs chairman Levy has broken his silence on the issue - admitting it has dragged on too long.
Tottenham Hotspur Chairman Daniel Levy looks on prior to the Barclays Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City at White Hart Lane on September 26, 2015 in London, United Kingdom.
Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy wants a conclusion to the case between the Premier League and Manchester City(Image: Getty Images)
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Levy reckons the outcome needs to be announced, for the good of the game.
Speaking on 'The Overlap', brought to you by Sky Bet, Levy said: "I think it would be really unfair of me to talk about another club in the Premier League.
"All I would say is that it's going through a process which I think has gone on for far too long.
"It needs to be brought, for the good of the game, to a conclusion one way or another."
He added: "It's unfortunate that we haven't been able to resolve things internally rather than the recourse of the lawyers, who are earning a lot of money out of this."
Khaldoon Al Mubarak, chairman of Manchester City, and Pep Guardiola, manager of the former Premier League champions
Khaldoon Al Mubarak, chairman of Manchester City, and Pep Guardiola, manager of the former Premier League champions(Image: Getty Images)
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In conversation with Manchester United legend and Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville, Levy also addressed the introduction of greater regulation in football. He said: "We're going through a period of change. The Premier League is the most competitive league in the world, more now than it's ever been.
"We're now going to have some government intervention and regulation, which personally I'm not in favour of, but we have to accept it and embrace it. Sustainability is fundamental to the game for the whole of the pyramid. Multi-club ownership is another issue that is very important today, because it really didn't exist five years ago.
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"The idea that one club is involving lots of different clubs, with the money involved today, must be controlled carefully. We have financial control measures, and it can be abused.
"It worries me a little because there's so much money in the game now, and you only need one owner to do something inappropriate, and it would impact confidence from sponsors and broadcasters in the European game – it needs to be very tightly controlled."