Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was asked about the wait for a decision into the charges against the club stretching into 2026
Pep Guardiola said that those responsible for delivering a verdict on the Premier League charges against Manchester City ‘must be so busy’ as the wait for a decision stretches into 2026. City were first charged in February 2023 and a three-month hearing was wrapped up late in 2025 yet no conclusion has been reached.
City released their annual report in December and confirmed that there had been no resolution at the date of publication, and claims since March that a decision has been imminent have all been wrong. As the charges enter a fourth year, there are no clues as to how much longer everyone will have to wait.
Guardiola has been asking for a swift resolution for years and is still in the dark about when City will learn their fate. “It’s the same question I ask you, so I don’t know. I don’t know,” he said. “Maybe you have better info than me. You don’t have?
“I would love to have it, but I don’t know. I don’t know. The same answer to your question is the same you answered me one, two, three years ago. So they must be so busy.”
Since the charges were announced, City have won the Treble and made history by becoming the first team in the history of English football to win four consecutive league titles. They finished third last season after a difficult year but are in contention again in the Premier League and Champions League after strengthening the squad.
The club have been clear from the outset that they have not committed any of the rule breaches they have been accused of, and hired top lawyers to defend their reputation. The Premier League are under pressure to be vindicated, having made such grave allegations against one of their own members.
