Disguised funding and dishonest witnesses: key findings in Manchester City case
After the Premier League published the ‘core decision’ of its independent commission, we pick out the main elements The independent commission’s “core decision” is a 40-page document which appears to confirm the worst interpretation of Manchester City’s behaviour. Central to the finding that the club were guilty of…
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