Enzo Maresca defends Man City, says titles 'not tainted' after verdict

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Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca said the club's titles are "absolutely not" tainted after an independent commission found City guilty of the majority of the 115 charges brought by the Premier League. Maresca told reporters he has "complete trust, 100%" in the owner, the CEO and the sporting director and expects the club to win its appeal, saying "probably the right moment to speak about that is when we are going to win this appeal." The commission found City guilty of breaches relating to the 2009-10 to 2017-18 seasons, including what it described as 'sham' contracts and misleading accounts linked to disguising more than £830m of secret funding. City have appealed, saying the ruling contains "clear material errors, of law, principle and fact and is unsafe." Maresca said the players are unaffected by "the noise" and remain focused on the football; he confirmed Erling Haaland is "ready" to play after the international break. Maresca declined to confirm whether he had read the commission's findings and said he would have accepted the job even if the findings had been published before he agreed to join. City face rivals Liverpool away on Sunday, a match Maresca said may produce an even more hostile reception because of the verdict, and the appeal process will determine any sporting sanctions next.

FPL Hippie

@fplhippie.bsky.social

Enzo Maresca insists Man City are not the bad guys at press conference #fpl

98Yesterday

marwoodwithnail.bsky.social2

Any reason why the PL released the report to 4 clubs before anyone else and then deliberately leaked the report to Ornstein at the start of an international break? Probably nothing in it eh.

TuxedoAlbedo2

Cheat for over a decade, not a bad guy. Going to have to disagree.

Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️

@graceonfootball.com

i tried to scope out what happens next with the man city charges, where they can take it after appeal, and what *should* happen. www.graceonfootball.com/p/manchester...

1518h ago

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R. Scott Rogers2

What I, a City fan, want to happen: Don’t bother with stripping or re-awarding titles, nor with fines. Those would be mere symbolism and would substitute for meaningful penalties. Suspend or eject the ownership. Impose massive, multi-year points penalties.

Premier League News

@plnews.bsky.social

Enzo Maresca dismisses concerns over Manchester City squad: "The feeling is fantastic! In this moment, we are top of the league, so players are just focussed on that... They're not worried at all about different things. They know the noise is there, but don't care."

13Yesterday

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Of course they’re not worried. They’ll all be playing in Spain next season.

foolsrushin.bsky.social

@foolsrushin.bsky.social

Burnham really messed up over Man City, what I really don’t get is the continued language suggesting this was just a preliminary finding, an accusation, it’s not it is it, definitely. Bizarre. You don’t act like this when people are found guilty in court even though there’s appeal rights

7Yesterday

City Xtra

@cityxtra.bsky.social

Enzo Maresca: "I trust the people. This is why I joined. There is not another club in the world I'd like to be. I'm very happy here, very proud..." "I spoke with the club, and we all trust. Probably the right moment to speak about that is when we win this appeal!" More on cityxtra.co.uk 💙

8Yesterday

Scouse Git

@scouse-git.bsky.social

More Citeh gaslighting… The first step in that club’s rehabilitation is acknowledging that they cheated. They’re not even close to that, right now. Maresca and his fellow apologists can fuck all the way off. I hope Liverpool and Anfield educate them. #LFC #YNWA #RedSky #ShamFC

1022h ago

Ben Jacobs

@jacobsben.bsky.social

🗣️ Enzo Maresca asked if he feels Manchester City's achievements are tainted? "Absolutely not..." Q: Did you speak to Sheikh Mansour? "I spoke with the club, for sure, and we trust [the club]. Probably the right moment to speak about that is when we are going to win this appeal.”

5Yesterday

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Doc MUFC6

They're fucking embarrassing. Everything is tainted. One bald cheat swapped for another. Check the players' bloods. Check their payments to referees. Fuck all of them.

Si Lloyd5

Beginning to think they might actually think they’re going to win the appeal

Steve Harrison4

Can’t wait for them to be found guilty at appeal and then watch this baldy tit trying to squirm his way out of all this nonsense he’s spouting. He’s as big a fucking cheat as the rest of them.

Adam (legacy fan)4

Obviously he's going to try to circle the waggons and has to say this and trust his employer. But you ain't winning an appeal you've no grounds for pal. Your higher ups are full of shit and guilty as sin. Now he's all in, what happens when they do lose the appeal? Cheerio Enzo?

Tosh

@noracists.bsky.social

Enzo Maresca has to tow the party line or he’ll lose his 2 contracts

523h ago

Fabrizio Romano (MIRROR)

@fabrizioromano.yopro20.com

🚨 Enzo Maresca: “Our players here at Manchester City know what we can control; the football side”. “They're not worried at all about different things”.

4Yesterday

FPL Chancer

@fplchancer.bsky.social

1:30pm presser 'Thoughts on the Man City case, Frank?' 'Well hopefully the points deduction kicks in before May so we'll have half a chance of staying up! ...no but seriously I think we have to wait for the appeal commission's judgement and it wouldn't be right to comment before then'

4Yesterday

Chris Lepkowski

@chrislepkowski.bsky.social

Fair to say Enzo Maresca is navigating through the most challenging spell of his career since Brian Little took over as WBA boss and decided to give up on winning football matches.

4Yesterday

Shepinho2

I was frustrated back then with how Little used Maresca. Seemed to want to hold him back, rather than let him go out and express himself. Such a negative manager.

Tom Rennie

@thomasjrennie.bsky.social

Simon Bajkowski from the Manchester Evening Standard joins Tom Rennie to discuss Enzo Maresca's first press conference since Man City were found guilty of charges relating to financial breaches over a decade. @tomrenniesoccer @spbajko podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

319h ago

Spooky Robb from 8/16/32bit

@81632bitretro.com

He's their current head coach. He's hardly likely to say anything else is he? Fuck me... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

322h ago

Karate Jesus

@karatejesus44.bsky.social

Fuck me, I know city have had a rough few weeks, but trying to replace Enzo Maresca with Jamie Jackson and hoping no one notices is a new low.

Man City manager Jamie Jackson arriving for training

3Yesterday

TEAMtalk

@teamtalk-official.bsky.social

⚠️ Man City have been warned as to why their aggressive defence of the Premier League’s financial charges is a “high-risk” strategy 👇 @graemebailey.bsky.social ✍️ | #MCFC

1Yesterday

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Enzo Maresca defends Man City, says titles 'not tainted' after verdict

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