Manchester City's Premier League hearing into alleged financial breaches begins...

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00:00Manchester City's accusations, if upheld, could be deemed to be a major breach,

00:06could result in expulsion from the Premier League.

00:09We are already being condemned.

00:11Between 90 teams of the Premier League is accusing us without the latest opportunity to defend.

00:16The allegations which have been made against Manchester City is first of all,

00:33when it comes to their income, they have manipulated the income by overstating it.

00:39And in particular, what they've done is the owner has given the club money

00:45and Manchester City have disguised this as sponsorship income.

00:49The second allegation is that Manchester City has deliberately understated their costs.

01:06I can feel of course for our fan base to have these charges constantly referenced.

01:12I think we as a club have to respect that there's a process that we have to go through.

01:17It's taking longer than what anyone hoped for.

01:20Let's be judged by the facts and not by claims and counterclaims.

01:34I think in the case of the city, it's a completely independent position to where we are

01:39in relation to both Forrest and Everton.

01:42Manchester City's accusations, if upheld,

01:45and remember the club itself is very confident of defending its position,

01:49could be deemed to be a major breach.

01:53But a major breach could result in expulsion from the Premier League.

01:57As I asked to the team, that is two completely, completely different cases.

02:01I know when the people like saying, OK, what city and city, why don't go to the conference?

02:08Wait. You know, wait. And after, what's going to happen is going to happen.

02:23Because of the volume of allegations in that mix, there are a lot of cases to consider.

02:29There's a lot of detail within that and it was always going to take time.

02:33I don't think anyone was under any illusions that that one wasn't going to be a quick verdict.

02:38I don't think anyone was under any illusions that that one wasn't going to be a quick verdict.