The historical trial starts on Monday and a game with Brentford can‘t change that. The City fans will monitor the game with the Bees but will took ahead to the begining of the week, when maybe the most important event in club‘s history will start. City have been accused by the league of financial impropriety spanning nine years from 2009 and the sternest punishment if found guilty is relegation. Points deductions and fines are also potential penalties. And according to the outside source, the majority of the Premier League clubs want Manchester to be punished.Pep’s wish: ‘Let’s start the trial ASAP’!An investigation was sparked by Der Spiegel publishing Football Leaks documents in 2018 and City stand accused of funnelling money from the club’s owners through sponsors in the United Arab Emirates. And La Liga president Javier Tebas is one of the most active football executives in criticizing City‘s and PSG‘s models of work.“I have spoken with many Premier League clubs and most of them understand that City should be sanctioned. They were once acquitted by the CAS [Court of Arbitration for Sport] for a formal matter“ he said to Mundo Deportivo, hinting that the reversal of the UEFA ban was only on a technicality.The curious case of Premier League ‘Manager of the Month’ awardAnd coach Pep Guardiola is aware that his opponents want City to lose the trial. City won the Premier League three times between 2009 and 2018, lifting the top division title in 2012, 2014 and 2018 along with the Champions League trophy and many believe it was only due to breach of rules.“All the Premier League teams want us to be sanctioned that is for sure. I agree with Tebas for the first time, and hopefully the last. But justice is there in a modern democracy — so wait for the decision. We believe that we have not done anything wrong. We go to an independent panel and we are going to wait. Good. We are not lawyers. Erling Haaland is not a lawyer, so we didn’t talk about it. I’m happy it starts on Monday and I know there will be more rumours about the sentences“ said the Spaniard, who is preparing to face Brentford in today‘s game before he faces Serie A champions Inter in a new season of the Champions League on Wednesday. And he will surely monitor the trial with one eye open, no matter what he says, ‘cause the implications might be huge for Manchester.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 4Saturday 14.30: (4.90) Southampton (3.60) Man.Utd. (1.75)17.00: (1.38) Brighton (4.80) Ipswich (8.50)17.00: (1.70) Crystal Palace (3.60) Leicester (5.30)17.00: (2.50) Fulham (3.50) West Ham (2.95)17.00: (1.23) Liverpool (6.50) Nott.Forest (12.0)17.00: (1.20) Man.City (8.00) Brentford (14.0)19.30: (1.52) Aston Villa (4.20) Everton (6.25)22.00: (3.35) Bournemouth (3.60) Chelsea (2.10)Sunday 16.00: (2.95) Tottenham (3.60) Arsenal (2.45)18.30: (3.50) Wolverhampton (3.60) Newcastle (2.15)***odds are subject to change**
