Manchester City charges: Appeal, sanctions and timelines explained

Manchester City face Liverpool at Anfield today in the club’s first match since being found guilty of charges relating to breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period.An independent commission ruled that City were guilty of all breaches, with the club benefitting from more than £900m of disguised funding between 2009 and 2018.City launched an appeal on 1 October, claiming that they have an “irrefutable body of evidence”, and all parties