Manchester United icon Gary Neville has shared his sympathy with Manchester City after they were charged with 115 breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules.
The governing body charged City with committing multiple financial rules breaches across a nine-year period on Monday and referred the case to an independent commission.
Premier League clubs will be eager to see what the outcome is but Neville, who was speaking at a live edition of his programme The Overlap believes Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal are pushing hard for the Premier League to punish Manchester City because they are jealous of the reigning champions.
“There’s been massive respect towards Manchester City over the last seven or eight years, in terms of what we’ve seen on the pitch.
“They are determined that they’ve not done anything wrong, and I feel as if they don’t like the idea of the established elite not liking what they are doing.
“Clubs like Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal – the historic, traditional big clubs, don’t like this idea of the newcomer coming on the block and doing what they’re doing.”
Despite the number of alleged breaches facing the Manchester side, the pundit also said he did feel sorry for the club, admitting that he isn’t a fan of financial fair play.
He added: “On the financial side, I do have some sympathy for Manchester City.
“If you look at what Jack Walker did in 1992, 1993, 1994, that was financial doping but, it was deemed to be something completely different because he was a local businessman who pumped money into his club.
“I’m not a fan of the Financial Fair Play Regulations. It means you’ll always have the same clubs at the very top, because their revenues are higher and you’ll always have the lower clubs lower down because they can’t compete with the revenue.
“We do need sustainability and cost controls in football, and this is one of the biggest decisions in the next 12 to 18 months.”
Man City face Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday in their first game since Monday’s bombshell news
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