Man City 115 charges 'confident' verdict delivered as Liverpool await Premier League decision

Man City 115 charges 'confident' verdict delivered as Liverpool await Premier League decision

The hearing between the Premier League and Manchester City was held over a 12-week period in London last year

Manchester City's Etihad Stadium (Image: PA )

Erling Haaland has admitted he did not consider the charges levelled at Manchester City from the Premier League when he penned fresh terms with the club last week and insisted he is 'confident' that the club know what they are doing. Haaland, 24, signed a staggering nine-and-a-half-year deal with the Cityzens last week, ensuring he is under contract at the Etihad until 2034.

The Norwegian's renewal comes at a time when City are involved in a historic legal battle with the Premier League, who in February 2023 charged them with over 115 breaches of the league's regulations. Haaland, however, has insisted that he never considered City's overhanging off-field issues when he discussed the prospect of renewing his deal with Pep Guardiola's side.

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Speaking ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash against Paris Saint-Germain, Haaland said: "I haven’t thought of that or anything. I’m confident that the club know what they’re doing. I shouldn’t speak too much about it, I’ve been there for two and a half years."

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The hearing between the Premier League and Manchester City was held over a 12-week period in London last year. Both sides will have the right to appeal any outcome.

City have denied any wrongdoing since the charges were directed at them nearly two years ago. And, speaking over the weekend, former City advisor Stefan Borson claimed that the Etihad club have shown a 'massive' sign of confidence in their 115 charges case by the contract they have given Haaland.

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“It is a massive sign of confidence that the worst of the potential implications of the 115 charges case will not come to pass," he told Football Insider.

“I think it would be very hard to construct a theory as to how this suggests otherwise. I think you take it as read now that the club believe that they will prevail in the 115 hearing.

“From the footballing side, I think it’s interesting that they are clearly making Haaland the centrepiece of the whole City global project.

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“He will have ways of leaving, whether they are formal exit clauses or not. There used to be formal exit clauses in the previous contract, which allowed him to go for certain set fees.

“If you read David Ornstein’s piece, it suggests that those clauses have gone and have not directly been replaced with similar ones.

“It’s hard to know exactly what that contract looks like, but you should always assume that a player can get out of a contract if he wants to.

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“Under Pep, City have always had an approach whereby if a player brings an offer that they perceive to be within their range of what they think that player is worth, then they will allow that player to leave.

“I think you read it as a high level of confidence in the 115 charges case and that he’s here for the long-term in terms of the overall project.”

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