Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has said the Premier League club will learn the outcome of the hearing into their 115 charges of alleged financial rule breaches “in one month”.
According to the rules, any punishment could be a points deduction or even expulsion from the division.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Guardiola denied that City’s January spending spree was a pre-emptive strike against a possible future transfer embargo.
City splashed out £170m on Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Nico Gonzalez in the winter market.
But Guardiola has argued that City’s actions are incorrectly judged because of their owners’ wealth.
He said: “In the last five years, we are the last team in the top six for net-spend. Even after what we have spent in this transfer window, we are away from Chelsea, [Manchester] United, Arsenal, Tottenham, even from Liverpool.
“The reason is we have sold a lot in the last seasons but, even with that, I know [what people say about] this club, it is always ‘just about the money’.
“Respect the other ones but in one month I think there will be a verdict and a sentence and after we will see my opinion of what happened so far.
“Still, at the end, every club can do whatever they want.”
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