'It's unfair!' - Premier League blasted for investigation into Man City's 115 FFP charges as government MP says some clubs receive preferential treatment

In 2020, Man City were hit with 115 charges by the Premier League, most of them dealing with financial irregularities. However, the charges are still under investigation and Dinenage feels that the fact that the likes of Everton and Nottingham Forest's charges were quickly sorted and punished for, shows the parity in how clubs are treated differently.

Speaking to the media, the MP said [via PoliticsHome]: “It's taking too long, and it feels unfair to teams like Everton for whom the decisions have been already made and the penalties have already been handed out. Teams like Everton, they have taken points deduction, they've taken punishment, and meanwhile Man City, who've got a whole rack of allegations against them, are tied up in legal red tape. That could go on for years.

“It does sometimes feel like there's some kind of two-tier system here. When the boss of the Premier League came and gave evidence to the select committee, he spoke about ‘big clubs’ and ‘small clubs’. And I find that quite – we all, actually, the whole committee found that a little bit puzzling, because actually there shouldn't be a different standard of behaviour depending on the size of the club.”

Premier League CEO Richard Masters has already discussed the differences between the cases, including the fact that both teams were charged with only one offence and could thus be resolved swiftly, in contrast to City's 115 complex counts, which will inevitably require more time to prepare a defence and an appeal.

He said [via MEN]: "They are very different charges," he said at the same committee. “If any club, the current champions or otherwise, had been found in breach of the spending rules, they would be in exactly the same position as Everton or Nottingham Forest.

"But the volume and character of the charges laid before Manchester City, which I obviously cannot talk about at all, are being heard in a completely different environment."

Master's has already said that an undisclosed date is set for the investigation's conclusion to be announced and there have been reports that have suggested that the verdict could be made public by autumn of this year.