How much did Man City's rule breaking cost your team?
BBC Sport investigates the potential financial impact of Manchester City's alleged rule-breaking between 2009 and 2018. The article examines how inflated sponsorship income may have disadvantaged other Premier League clubs regarding prize money and competition outcomes.
Why it matters
It highlights the integrity of professional sports and the long-term financial consequences of regulatory breaches in elite football.
Figure caption, BBC Sport's Dale Johnson, Dan Roan, Laura Scott and Sami Mokbel assess Manchester City's position
Football issues correspondent Published 2 hours ago Imagine a world where Manchester City had not used "sham contracts" to build a team capable of winning three Premier League titles, one FA Cup and three EFL Cups.
If City were the winners, then there had to be losers.
Not just those teams who finished runners-up or lost cup finals.
The potential impact runs much deeper and includes missed Champions League qualification, relegation and Premier League prize money.
Thirty-five other teams played in the English top flight between 2009 and 2018.
And every one could in some way claim to have been left financially out of pocket.
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