Kyle Walker admitted he made 'idiot choices' and said he takes 'full responsibility' for hurting his wife Annie Kilner as he broke his silence after their split.
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Lawyer Stefan Borson, a former financial advisor to Manchester City, says the Blues will be relegated if they are found guilty of the 115 charges of financial wrongdoing levelled at them by the Premier League.
However, he said that it is highly unlikely that City will be found at fault given the amount of people accused in taking part in the alleged cover-ups. The charges refer to illicit financing and a lack of cooperation between 2009 and 2018, which City deny.
This week, Nottingham Forest and Everton have faced new accusations of breaching the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability rules, both being alleged to have exceeded the three-season cash loss threshold.
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Everton have already been docked 10 points for a separate previous breach of the league’s money regulations. City’s case is far different from those before Forest and Everton, and Borson says greater consequences are in store should City be found guilty by an independent commission.
“The scale is on a completely different level [to Everton and Forest],” Borson told talkSPORT. “There can be no question that this will end in at least relegation - that’s no question, if those charges are proven. There's a suggestion of conspiracy over effectively a 10-year period.
“They [Premier League] are suggesting that City’s main sponsorship agreements are not for £50-60m but are actually for £8m and the whole thing was a sham.
“That a whole load of people lied and a whole load of executives from multiple companies were in on it and that the club also lied to multiple other parties. Professionals, people doing due diligence on the
Kyle Walker admitted he made 'idiot choices' and said he takes 'full responsibility' for hurting his wife Annie Kilner as he broke his silence after their split.
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Kendal Calling has announced the line-up for its 2024 festival – you can check it out below.The event is due to take place at Lowther Deer Park in the Lake District between August 1-4. Tickets are on sale now – buy yours here.Today (January 25), organisers have revealed that this year’s Kendal Calling will feature five headliners: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Paolo Nutini, The Streets, Paul Heaton & Rianne Downey and Keane.Other acts on the bill include Sugababes, Pale Waves, Declan McKenna, Peace, The Lottery Winners, The Reytons, CMAT, The Snuts, Kate Nash, The Pigeon Detectives, Katy B and Glasvegas.Elsewhere at Kendal Calling ’24, football pundit and former Manchester United and England player Gary Neville will be playing a special B2B DJ set with The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess.“I’m very excited about the prospect of DJing with Gary – he’s got great taste in music,” said Burgess in a statement.“Last time we shared a stage was when he joined The Charlatans on guitar.
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