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'Man City scandal affects fans across the Premier League', says Darren Lewis
'They are a team put together with money the club should have never had.' Football writer Darren Lewis gives his reasons why the Man City scandal spreads far beyond the club and across the rest of the Premier League. Manchester City have been found guilty of dozens of financial charges spanning a ni
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Reuters foregrounds the commission’s guilty finding and adds the most specific allegations, including the quoted “sham” contracts and the £900 million figure. Al Jazeera and Sky both focus more on the appeal angle, but only Al Jazeera notes that the club has protested its innocence throughout the long-running case. Sky’s extract is the most detached from the ruling itself, instead asking whether other Premier League clubs could seek compensation if the finding stands.
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