Man City have apparently brought in Blackstone Chambers’ Lord Pannick KC to help with their recent charges. Lord Pannick also advised Boris Johnson on ‘Partygate’.
City were charged with more than 100 breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules on Monday. The charges could be met with serious punishment for one of the biggest clubs in English football.
It’s clear to see why they’re going for Pannick during such a tough time for the club. He’s regarded as the one of the best barristers of his generation. Pannick’s now set to be part of one of the biggest legal sport cases of all time.
Experience At A Cost
City are expected to be put a lot of money due to the charges. Hiring Pannick will add even more money on to that big bill.
Pannick is rumoured to charge around £5,000 an hour, but he has been known to charge up to £10,000. When the trial starts, Pannick could be paid £80,000 a day. That works out roughly around £400,000 a week, the same amount Kevin De Bruyne earns in a week.
Bringing in someone like Pannick to defend themselves shows how serious these charges are being taken by City.
Manchester City are set to hire Lord Pannick KC, one of Boris Johnson's Partygate lawyers, to help defend the club in their legal battle against the Premier League.
He could charge £400,000-a-week if it goes to trial. The same wage as Kevin de Bruyne 😮
Via The Sun pic.twitter.com/GHNtwrlm6Y
— SPORTbible (@sportbible) February 7, 2023
What Could Happen To City?
The charges Man City have charged with are severe. There’s been much talk about what could happen to them.
City could face any of the following:
- Suspend a club from playing league matches
- Points deductions
- Recommend to the board that league matches be replayed
- Recommend to the board that the league expels the respondent club
- Order compensation
- Cancel or refuse registration of players
- Conditional punishment
- Order the club to pay costs
- Make such other order as it thinks fit.
Not only do they face these potential issues, but the future of their manager Pep Guardiola is in doubt.
In the past Pep spoke about how he would leave if the club had misled him on their financial situation.
This saga will go on for some time, but it’ll be one that sets a precedent for the big clubs going forward.
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