What On Earth Is Going On At Manchester City?

A few days ago, the biggest concerns at Manchester City were the lack of service they were giving Erling Haaland, failure to make up ground on Arsenal, and Pep Guardiola's increasingly erratic rotation.

Now it is relegation, points deductions, and Guardiola resigning - following the Premier League charging them with over 100 breaches, most notably accusing the club of falsifying financial documents over a period of nine years.

So in this documentary, HITC Sevens takes a look at what Man City are alleged to have done, the evidence against them, the likely punishment, and the enormous potential ramifications this case could have - not just in football, but in terms of global geopolitics.

[SanFranFan]

I hope this changes how football is run.

[djalland]

There is a precedent for this case, albeit from 1919, when Leeds City were found guilty by the Football League of very similar charges to the ones levelled at Manchester City (although on a much smaller scale). Not only were they expelled from the league, but they were forcibly wound up as part of the punishment.
Port Vale took their place in the league and Leeds United were formed to replace them in the city.
I'm not sure winding up is within the Premier League's power, though. And obviously things have changed somewhat in the last 104 years.

[evonneo]

I feel in the short term of this current season this will have a MASSIVE effect on Man City with not getting either PL, CL or even getting the FA Cup.

[ej_]

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[giodhuha]

Manchester City to Vanarama League here we

[AddictToTheFall]

As a Manchester City fan, I never thought the club would end up in one of Alfie's 'What on Earth' videos! 😂

[josiahchudleigh]

I was waiting for this. Alfies deep dives are always top and I know he's gonna do this story justice

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[leandrocataldi]

I hope that this, and the Juve case, start mass investigations all over football to stop breaches in ffp and how football is working atm.

[warichuser]

I love how Duncan Watmore appeared when Alfie said "what's more" lol.

In all seriousness, great breakdown of the situation.

[Ramandeep]

Thank you for creating amazing content week in week out!

[FlamingWalrus]

Keep up the great vids Alfie! They're so informative and well-researched!

[tonyhughes]

The treble, that's what's going on at city

[waffle.supply]

I was waiting for this as soon as I heard the news, big respect Alfie

[awaydaysfootball]

I love how you can explain things in a way that my pea brain can understand

[ivandankob]

Bayern in the meantime smiling and holding everyone’s beer, while they are running around looking for lawyers 😂 and drinking it

[seandelap]

If Seria A is penalising Juventus it's only right that the EPL do the same to Man City because what's the difference between both situations

[djn]

Not just man city accused. Many huge international companies involved in the club being accused of cooking the books on their behalf. The former Ceo of Etihad James Hogan testified in citys favour. If found to be untrue he would likely face criminal prosecution

[kieronparr]

Does anyone else try to work out what Alfie searched for to get random stock images

[dvdv]

I look forward to Alfie's video in a couple of years: "The curious rise and fall of Manchester City." 😙🙃