Ex-Etihad adviser: Man City to use Chelsea argument after guilty verdict in 115 charges case

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(Credit: Imago) Stefan Borson: Man City to use Chelsea argument if they are found guilty in 115 charges case Wed 25 March 2026 17:00, UK Manchester City will argue they should only receive a fine in their 115 charges case if they are found to have breached the financial rules in a similar manner to Chelsea. TrophyWinsPremier League3FA Cup1Carabao Cup3Community Shield2Trophies Man City won between 2009-2018Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, Borson discussed what Chelsea’s verdict could mean for Man City.

Of course, we don’t know if City are going to be found liable, and City deny it. I mean, obviously this depends on what the consequential impact is of City.” How Man City could avoid Everton-style punishmentBorson revealed it would be hard to argue Man City shouldn’t be treated in the same way as Everton and Forest if they are found to have breached the profit and sustainability rules (PSR).

“Let’s say City breach and that therefore also means that they end up breaching PSR, then of course City can be squarely in the Everton and Nottingham Forest realms of sanction, so it’s going to be very hard for City to say, ‘Well, we should be treated differently from the PSR breach’,” said Borson. Credit: Imago“But if it’s not, if what ends up happening is City are found, let’s say in the words of the Chelsea case, to have obviously and deliberately breached and to have concealed it with deception, which is the conclusion of the Chelsea situation, in that scenario, City will say, ‘Well, the Chelsea situation has established authority for that to be a financial penalty only.