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La Liga boss taunts the Premier League is weakened by delays in Manchester City’s 115 financial charges case, as other clubs face swift penalties.
The 115+ charges continues to hang on Manchester City heads. (AP)
La Liga president Javier Tebas said on Thursday said the Premier League has been ‘weakened’ by the prolonged disciplinary case against one of its most successful clubs, Manchester City.
The club had been charged with over 115 charges of breaching the financial rules in February 2023. An independent commission heard the case between September and December 2024 but has yet to give a verdict, even as City continue to play, invest heavily in squads and win titles.
Other clubs in the Premier League and the Championship with similar but milder breaches have faced points deductions and served hefty fines. In City’s case, recent reports suggested that some judges that sat on their tribunal have started taking up other cases, raising fears that a verdict might still be a few months away.
“I understand that it’s a failure (of governance) — this happened with Manchester City and other clubs are looking and watching and listening,” Tebas said on Thursday, as quoted by AFP.
“(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… 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,” he added.
City, meanwhile, have denied all charges and claimed they have irrefutable evidence to prove their position.
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters was also present at the event but declined to comment on the issue.
“I can’t talk about it, or the timing,” he said.
When asked if the situation had prompted the league to explore faster procedures for similar cases in future, Masters reiterated his stance. “I’ve spent three years not commenting, and I’m not going to start now.”
Speaking more generally, he added that any regulator would want a judicial system that operates efficiently and delivers decisions swiftly.
February 26, 2026, 23:26 IST
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