Five-time Premier League-winning manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed his future at Manchester City amid the serious accusations the club is facing.
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The English champions are being investigated for 115 breaches of Premier League financial rules between 2009 and 2018, although it appears it will be a long time before a decision on their punishment, if any, will be announced.
It has been suggested that the club could be hit with pitiless sanctions should they be found guilty, which could potentially include titles being stripped and the Citizens being booted from England's top division.
More questions have been raised since Guardiola guided City to a third consecutive Premier League triumph this month, drawing uncertainty over how the Spaniard's success on the field will be judged if the Citizens are ruled against in court.
The ex-Barcelona boss himself, however, hopes the matter is dealt with swiftly and has reaffirmed to supporters that he will still be in charge when the 2023/24 campaign begins.
"I will stay next season while there are 110 breaches against us," he said, according to ITV News.
"What I would like is if the Premier League and judges could make something as soon as possible, then if we have done something wrong everybody will know it. And if we are, like we believe as a club for many years, in the right way, then the people will stop talking about that. We would love it tomorrow, this afternoon better than tomorrow.
"Hopefully they are not so busy and the judges can see both sides and decide what is the best because in the end I know fairly what we won we won on the pitch and we don't have any doubts. We accept it is there. If it happened, it happened. (But) let's go, 24 hours, sit down and lawyers present. Don't wait two years. Why don't we do it quicker?
"Let's have it as soon as possible for the benefit of everyone. We want to defend our principles and if people doubt, OK, let's go, let's do it as soon as possible, please."
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City take on Brighton Hove Albion on Wednesday night in their penultimate league match of the season, before ending the EPL campaign with an away match at Brentford on Sunday.
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