Criminal investigation? Relegation or expulsion? The key Man City questions
Following guilty verdicts for financial rule-breaking, Manchester City now faces a complex legal appeals process. The club maintains its innocence, but the outcome could result in severe penalties including potential expulsion from the league.
Why it matters
The resolution of this case will set a major precedent for financial regulation and enforcement within professional sports leagues.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano (left) and chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak have continued to insist that the club is innocent despite the guilty verdicts
The verdict that football fans around the world had been awaiting for years is in - Manchester City are guilty.
The club still insists it is innocent of the financial rule-breaking charges first brought against it by the Premier League in 2023, and can appeal, so the legal wrangling is far from over.
And the verdict has unleashed some huge questions for both the near and long-term future.
BBC Sport has taken a look at the key issues in the case and what we know about each of them so far.
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