Manchester City compromised and accepted the FA penalty.
If Manchester City and the Premier League are in the news at the same time, it will not be good.
Since the takeover by the Abu Dhabi consortium, the club has risen rapidly in the Premier League and European football, winning six Premier League titles in eight years, including four in a row.
The long-term dominance of the Premier League has made Manchester City a public enemy of the league, and the club executives and owners behind the scenes have joined forces to shout and kill, and from time to time they come out to shout "oil clubs disrupt the balance, strict investigation, heavy penalties".
In fact, that's what UEFA and the Premier League have been doing for the past few years.
In 2020, UEFA's accusations against Manchester City for FFP breaches finally came to an end.
City Football Group formed an elite team of lawyers, and in the end UEFA's ban was overturned, the 30 million euro fine was overturned, and only one charge was lost and fined 10 million, UEFA president Ceferin has not come out until now.
Last season, the Premier League brought a whopping 115 charges against Manchester City, which broadly included breaches of salary, sponsorship and European rules from '09. At present, the Premier League clubs have unanimously passed the case, which is taking witness testimony and will be heard in the autumn, with a result in 2025 if it goes well. Not long ago, UEFA President Ceferin, who has not yet come out, talked about this issue in an exclusive interview, insisting that Manchester City's victory does not mean that there are no violations, and hinting that a wave of their own eyes is hot, but they are powerless to slay the dragon.
Becoming the enemy of the people, Manchester City has been targeted in other ways.
According to the official update from the Premier League: Manchester City and the Premier League have agreed to pay a fine of £2.09 million for 22 breaches of late kick-off in two seasons, for which the club has apologised and reminded players and management teams to take responsibility.
According to the official documents, Manchester City were warned for the first delay in kick-off in the 2022/23 season, and since then they have been fined for each delay in kick-off, and the amount has been increasing (from £40,000 to £200,000).
Fines are common, but late kick-off penalties are rare, and an average of more than 1 million fines per season is even rarer.
In April of the 2022/23 season, the "Mirror" counted the Premier League fine rankings, when the FA issued a total of 1.3 million pounds in fines, 15 teams in the Premier League were punished at least once, and Newcastle, a recognized logging team, was not punished once, and Ashworth became famous and was picked up in the FA and the league.
In other words, 2.09 million in 2 seasons is more than the fine in one season of the whole league.