🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Rui Pinto, the man behind the leaked documents that triggered the investigation into Manchester City, is ready to HELP UK authorities in exchange for PROTECTION. Pinto is said to have detailed knowledge of the documents, people and companies involved, as well as MORE documents that may have been overlooked during the Premier League investigation. — @guardian

🚨 Manchester City could face a series of major punishments from English football if the club continues to escalate its conflict with the Premier League. 🔸 Expulsion from the Premier League. 🔸 The EFL refusing to admit City into any of its divisions. 🔸 The removal of the club’s owners, directors and executives. (Source: @duncancastles)

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Manchester City spent more than €1.44 BILLION on transfers between 2009 and 2018 while allegedly falsifying their accounts. According to the Premier League, City artificially inflated their revenues by around €960 MILLION. This period included the signings of stars such as Sergio Agüero, Yaya Touré and Kevin De Bruyne. — @diarioas

🚨🚨| BREAKING: The UAE has warned the British Prime Minister it could withdraw billions of pounds in investments earmarked for a massive tech center in London. The warning comes as potential retaliation for the condemnation ruling against Manchester City.

🚨BREAKING: The English FA could add additional charges against Manchester City on top of the Premier League case. They’ve indicated that City may have damaged the integrity of the game.

🚨NEWS: Labour have been asked to publish ALL DETAILS of meetings and exchanges between Andy Burnham and the owners of Manchester City including hospitality gifts This could be a very short stint as prime minister indeed

HH Sheikh Mansour all smiles today. 🩵🇦🇪 The boss looking very relaxed. 😎 #ManCity

Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:

“I would be really concerned to lose them.” Prime Minister Andy Burnham on the possibility of Manchester City’s owners selling up. What?! These are owners found guilty of serial breaches of the Premier League rule-book by three judges on an independent commission after a lengthy investigation. Owners who outraged other clubs and countless fans by flouting the rules and inflating sponsorship income with the Disguised Funding Scheme. Owners who misled auditors and regulators, who threaten to bring this Premier League season – and, potentially, future seasons - to a standstill by their appeal, deny, delay tactics. Owners who are patently not proper custodians of a famous, historic club. Owners who many hope will sell up and ship out after bringing such shame and sham contracts to the game. So these are astonishing, alarming comments from the PM. “I do actually thank the City Football Group and the wider ownership for the money that they didn't just put into the Etihad and the campus around it but also into the city," Burnham told the BBC’s Chris Mason. Come on, PM. Read the room. Read the commission’s report. Read the belligerent statements from the Abu Dhabi owners and their chief executive like Ferran Soriano. Rather than thank CFG, perhaps thank the diligence of the Premier League in seeking to enforce its rules and protect the national sport. Perhaps thank the three judges for their pain-staking work in sifting through reams of evidence and coming to their considered conclusion. Burnham spoke as a politician seemingly with one eye on diplomatic and trade links. He spoke as a former mayor whose city benefited from investment in east Manchester by Abu Dhabi. “They've been such a huge partner in the building of modern Manchester and obviously the building of Manchester City into the global force that it is.” And how was that building financed? Burnham spoke as a politician and not the football fan that he truly is. The lifelong Evertonian is usually pretty sound on football matters. He misread the mood of many fans not wanting the possible return of drinking in Premier League stands but that was a rare misstep. This is far worse. This makes him look out of touch with the prevailing mood. He was speaking at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Maybe he should head to Anfield on Sunday week and witness the anger felt towards City. Burnham did add that he wasn’t getting involved in the process and that City had a right to appeal if they felt harshly treated. But how does the PM’s sympathetic words for controversial owners help the independent football regulator charged by Government with leading the fight against those who risk the credibility of their club, who play fast and loose with the rules and who damage the integrity of the national sport? How frustrating if Burnham’s words embolden City's owners and Soriano further. Bit of an own goal by No 10.