Man City backed to be relegated by staggering 42 PER CENT of punters after huge court case kicked off

MANCHESTER CITY person been backed by astir HALF of punters to beryllium relegated.

It comes arsenic the court proceeding into their alleged breaches of the Premier League's fiscal rules nears the extremity of its archetypal week.

Man City are facing betwixt 115 and 130 charges brought against them by league bosses.

This includes giving mendacious accounts connected subordinate wages and sponsorships and failing to assistance with the investigation.

The fiscal breach charges agelong for 9 years from 2009, portion charges of withholding accusation tally into 2023.

The determination for the unprecedented proceedings is not apt to beryllium known until the Spring.

But since the proceeding began connected Monday, punters person placed their bets connected what they reckon the result volition be.

According to Betfair, a whopping 42 per cent of punters person placed azygous bets connected Man City to beryllium relegated.

If recovered guilty, punishments could see a dense fiscal penalty, points deductions, being stripped of erstwhile titles and relegation.

And it has present been revealed that City are astatine hazard of being kicked out of the FA Cup and Carabao Cup too.

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While determination is besides nary certainty that the four-in-a-row Premier League champions would beryllium capable to vie successful the Champions League and Club World Cup either.

However, SunSport understands the second is improbable contempt the rules allowing it to happen.

Pep Guardiola's Man City drew their astir caller crippled 0-0 against Inter Milan successful the Champions League.

They person a 100 per cent winning grounds successful the league truthful far, but big rubric rivals Arsenal connected Sunday with 1 squad acceptable to suffer their unbeaten commencement to the season.