"Five, ten years ago, I couldn't have imagined journalists and football fans arguing over arcane matters of competition law and issues such as associated party transactions - it feels like the last ten years of the Premier League has all crystallised in this one case," he said.
Pic: Reuters] Ahead of the verdicts, Sky News' sports correspondent Rob Harris spoke with some of the world's top football finance experts at the Financial Times' Business of Football Summit 2025 to hear what they think will happen next, and to answer questions from readers.
During that period, City won the Premier League title seven times, the FA Cup on three occasions, six League Cups and a Champions League.
Martin Lipton said it's a "huge ask" for the Premier League to prove any of the charges, as they'd have to show beyond any doubt that City knowingly "defrauded football".
Since the charges were announced, hearings have been held in private, during which lawyers from the Premier League and Manchester City have presented evidence and arguments on the case.
