Stefan Borson reveals how Chelsea's FA sanction could impact Man City's 115 charges

Manchester City's punish will be much harsher than Chelsea's recent sanction should the club be found guilty of the 115 charges.

That is according to former Man City financial adviser Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider that the FA's relaxed punishment of the Blues is unlikely to have any bearing on the upcoming outcome.

Football fans across the Premier League have been waiting years for the reveal of the Citizens' battle against the Premier League.

In that time, both Everton and Nottingham Forest have been handed points deduction, with fan fury always being redirected at Man City's 115 charges.

Now, the FA have handed Chelsea a £10million fine and a suspended two-window transfer ban, one that will trigger if the club repeat their offences.

While the Blues were punished for illegal payments to agents during Roman Abramovich's reign, City's situation is far more serious, alledgedly breaching Premier League financial rules.

Man City's punishment will be 'far more severe' than Chelsea's

Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, Borson explained that while Chelsea's recent sanction will have little impact, it provides an idea of just how defining City's could be.

"First of all, we don't know whether the 115 charges are proven or not, and clearly if they're not proven, then it has no bearing at all," he said.

"If they are proven, City just simply won't have the mitigation that Chelsea had. They didn't admit anything. They didn't allegedly cooperate, and they certainly won't be able to say they had exceptional cooperation.

"If all of it were proven against City, you'd have a combination of egregious breaches, aggravating factors left, right and centre, no early admission, actually the contrary, and no mitigation.

"So, the punishment would be nowhere near the Chelsea punishment. It would be far more severe."

Could Man City use the same argument as Chelsea?

Chelsea saw an original 15-point deduction reduced to zero, with no evidence shown to suggest that their actions gave them any sporting advantage.

Borson has explained why this same argument would not work in Man City's case, with sporting advantage being inferred by the club's success.

He said: "The only question would be, could city show, or would there be any possibility of demonstrating that there was no sporting advantage? I think that is extremely unlikely.

"I think it's pretty likely that in that scenario of a guilty verdict, that sporting advantage would be shown to have been inferred and that City would have been deemed to have received supporting advantage from their breaches."