Manchester City: Former captain Vincent Kompany 'sceptical' of critics

The Premier League has referred Manchester City to an autarkic committee implicit its alleged regularisation breaches

Former skipper Vincent Kompany says helium is "very sceptical" of radical "pointing fingers" astatine Manchester City aft the nine was charged by the Premier League with breaking fiscal rules.

In a statement, City said they were "surprised" by the charges.

"I look astatine it and sometimes rotation my eyes a small bit," Kompany said.

"No uncertainty there's a batch of righteousness successful the satellite to travel and archer you what you've done wrong, and past if everybody looks astatine themselves, I deliberation the shot manufacture successful wide is not 1 that tin spend to constituent the digit excessively galore times," the Burnley manager added.

"I deliberation each of you volition person a small spot of a grin connected your look to cognize what the shot manufacture is about. I'm precise sceptical erstwhile radical commencement pointing fingers.

"Do the champion for yourself and let's effort and amended each the clip but I'm a small spot sceptical erstwhile the fingers get pointed easily."

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Kompany won 4 Premier League titles during an 11-year spell astatine Etihad Stadium from 2008 until 2019.

The charges against City, who were taken implicit by the Abu Dhabi United Group successful 2008, subordinate to a play betwixt 2009 and 2018 - during which the nine won each six of its Premier League titles.

The Premier League has referred the nine to an autarkic committee implicit alleged regularisation breaches, with imaginable punishments ranging from a good and points deduction to expulsion from the league.

City said successful a statement: "The nine welcomes the reappraisal of this substance by an autarkic commission, to impartially see the broad assemblage of irrefutable grounds that exists successful enactment of its position.

"As specified we look guardant to this substance being enactment to remainder erstwhile and for all."

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