LaLiga president believes Man City case 'damaging' for the Premier League

[p]English powerhouse [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]City[/a] were charged in February 2023 with over 100 alleged breaches of the league's financial rules, with the club vigorously denying all charges against them.[/p][p]Yet more than three years later no verdicts have been made public, with an independent commission having heard the case between September and December 2024.[/p][p]Tebas said his problem was not so much the length of time being taken to make a ruling, but rather the drawn-out process had created "uncertainty" regarding the application of rules, with other clubs charged and sanctioned over rule breaches all within the same period.[/p][p][b]"I understand that it's a failure (of governance) - this happened with Manchester City and other clubs are looking and watching and listening,"[/b] Tebas said Thursday during at a media briefing at the Financial Times Business of Football Summit in London.[/p][p][b]"(Other clubs are) being fined, having points deducted, and that's fine if you don't abide by the rules. But Manchester City has impunity. I speak to a lot of Premier League clubs, and the majority don't understand this either. That makes the institution weaker."[/b][/p][p]The chief of Spanish football's top flight added: [b]"It's not just the delay, it's the general situation. When a great institution like the Premier League, when you have to have rules for financial fair play, you need to have a lot of legal certainty in the competition and among clubs."[/b][/p][embed guid="7474b27b-c0ab-4687-a9ae-4c42b01bb594" url="https://x.com/City_Xtra/status/2027065592109203508" social-type="twitter" /][p]City have previously said they have a "comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence" to prove they've done nothing wrong.[/p][p]Premier League chief executive Richard Masters was asked about the City case when he appeared at the same event later on Thursday.[/p][p][b]"I can't talk about it, I can't talk about the timing of it,"[/b] he said.[/p][p]Asked whether the case had made the Premier League consider if there might be ways to have a quicker process should a similar incident arise in the future, Masters replied: [b]"I simply can't comment. Having spent three years not commenting, I'm not going to start now.[/b][/p][p][b]"Stepping aside from that (specific case), any regulator wants its judicial system to be efficient and work swiftly. That's about as far as I can go."[/b][/p]