Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca defends club titles ahead of Liverpool clash

Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca insists the club's past titles are not tainted even though an independent commission found the club guilty of the majority of 115 charges brought by the Premier League. City will play their first match since the verdict on Sunday when they face rivals Liverpool away at Anfield.

Team Focus And Appeal

Maresca stated that he has complete trust in the club's owners, CEO, and sporting director, adding that he would still have taken the job if he had known what lay ahead. The club denies all wrongdoing and has appealed the verdict, claiming the ruling contains clear errors of law and fact. City were found to have broken financial rules between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons by using sham sponsorship deals and misleading accounts to disguise secret funding of more than 830 million pounds.

Context

Manchester City is owned by the Abu Dhabi royal family and has dominated English football in recent years, including a historic Treble-winning season in 2022-23. The ongoing legal dispute over financial regulations represents one of the most serious regulatory challenges in the history of the Premier League.