According to Martyn Ziegler, the case against Manchester City could take between two and four years to be completed.
The Manchester side was charged with over 100 breaches of financial rules on Monday in an unprecedented case that has stunned the footballing world.
The investigation began four years ago and followed Manchester City’s financial ongoing for 14 years. The club released a statement in the immediate aftermath opposing the allegations and is ready to fight tooth and nail to prove its innocence.
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Chief sports reporter for The Times, Ziegler, claimed that the investigation could take up to four years to complete.
The time estimation comes from Nick De Marco KC who defended Sheffield Wednesday and Derby County from financial fair play charges.
“Having worked on the Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday financial fair play cases, both of which involved two charges over about two years and took about a year and a half from charges to the end, I would not be surprised if these proceedings took considerably longer given there are apparently 115 charges covering a period of 14 years.” De Marco told The Times.
The story is sensational at the moment but won’t be resolved anytime soon, the Manchester club have invested a huge amount of money into a legal team to fight the accusations and drag it out as long as possible.