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'Verdicts that rocked football' and 'Burnham bottles it'

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'Verdicts that rocked football' and 'Burnham bottles it'
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Image caption, Premier League side Manchester City being found guilty of breaking the majority of the 115 financial rules they were accused of breaching leads a number of Saturday's papers. "The 114 guilty verdicts that rocked football," is how the i Weekend describes it. The paper calls the verdicts a "warning to foreign owners", quoting Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy as saying "investment is welcome, undue influence is not". The club's punishment has not yet been decided and it denies the charges, the i Weekend adds

Image caption, The Manchester City logo dominates the front page of the Sun, with the paper asking: "Going down?". It says the club "could face Prem drop" following the verdict, with charges "covering the trophy-laden period from 2009 and 2018". Bosses at Manchester City, which currently boats "superstars including Erling Haaland", are poised to appeal, according to the paper

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