Man City should land extraordinary '£5billion' fine - expert

Manchester City should pay a record-breaking £5billion to be spread around the English football pyramid after being found guilty of 114 breaches of the financial rules.

That is the opinion of experienced former Tottenham, Everton and Aston Villa scout, Bryan King, speaking exclusively to Football Insider.

The independent commission that heard the Premier League's case in 2024 is yet to publish its official verdict, but it has emerged that a guilty verdict was returned on 114 of the 115 charges.

Man City have reiterated their innocence and will appeal, but for now, are at the mercy of a sanction hearing set to start in the coming days.

There have been calls for point deductions that will ensure relegation, with others suggesting transfer bans, fines and even forcing the ownership to sell up.

It remains to be seen exactly what the Premier League will pursue, however, with their focus also concerned with protecting their own brand.

Man City fine should be 'more than £800m'

Following announcement of the verdict last week, it emerged that Premier League clubs were preparing claims of their own.

Compensation claims could drag on for two years and eventually total £800m, but an appropriate fine could negate the need for such claims.

"We're talking silly figures here," King told Football Insider. "You're talking maybe £250m divided between every club in League Two, £350m to League One, £500m to the Championship, and the rest to Premier League clubs who were affected.

"And the remainder payment paid for grassroots football. No matter how you look at it, Manchester City were a very average club until they were bought by Abu Dhabi and a proper manager was instilled. 

"I saw [Roberto] Mancini said: 'It's got nothing to do with me.' Whatever they've done with Mancini or Sven-Goran Eriksson or certain players that they brought in.

"You look at this whole mess and I'm afraid the Premier League should have acted on this much quicker and much harder, and to be fair to Manchester City, whatever punishment they're going to get, they've got to accept.

"And I just think that a 20 point deduction still gives them a chance to stay in the Premier League. But the money situation is more than 800 million. That's for sure. Far more.

"We're talking maybe £5bn here. You know, if they fine them that amount of money, think of all the clubs that could then benefit."

Man City would receive biggest fine in history

Not only would a £5bn fine be far and away the biggest in football history, it would also be the biggest fine in history.

Google received the biggest fine ever this year when they were told by a top European Union court to pay £3.5bn over anti-competitive practices.

Comparatively, Man City's fine would blow that out of the water. They could certainly afford it, however.

Majority owner Sheikh Mansour, part of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family, has an estimated individual net worth of around £17bn.