“To cheat, trick, deceive, delude with false pretences; to impose upon, take in, hoax.”
That is the Oxford English definition of the word “sham”.
And that word appears eight times in the independent commission’s ruling published on Tuesday, which found Manchester City guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of financial rules, and all but one in relation to a failure to co-operate with the investigation.
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The 40-page document makes fascinating reading.
It catalogues how the club’s owners, Abu Dhabi United Group, knew from the 2009-10 season that there would be major overspends if the club was to reach the level they wanted…
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