Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is happy that a hearing into the club’s 115 charges will begin soon.
An independent commission will hear the club’s case against a number of breaches relating to the Premier League’s financial rules.
Some of the charges date all the way back to 2009 and they will finally be heard in court in September.
The result is expected to come early next year, with the harshest sanctions including relegation from the top flight.
So far City have denied all charges, and Guardiola believes they will come out on the right side of things.
He said: “I am happy it starts soon and hopefully it finishes soon for the benefit of all of us.
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“Especially for the club but for all the other Premier League clubs, like for all the people that don’t wait for the sentence.
“I wish from deep in my heart to go to the trial, the independent panel – and I say it again, independent panel – and as soon as possible release what happened, and we will accept like always we have done.”
It has been 18 months since City were first charged and it came following a four-year investigation.
But a conclusion is finally on the horizon in what could be a monumental case for football.
