Manchester City Premier League financial charges
Event in Soccer
Manchester City Premier League financial charges has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Bill Simmons Podcast. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Chris RyanThe Ringer podcaster and TV/film critic
- Prediction · due Dec 2026
Ryan predicts the Manchester City case will be wrapped up by Christmas.
“I think they'll wrap it up by Christmas. I mean, the appeals process being what it is”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: NBA One Guy (the East!), a Man City Punishment Primer, and Tom Cruise’s Bomb With J. Kyle Mann, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 1:56:58
Ryan argues the rules failed because no one anticipated a petro-state buying a club for soft power.
“nobody had ever thought that a petro-state would buy a football team. and start funding it as a way of using it for soft power across the world”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: NBA One Guy (the East!), a Man City Punishment Primer, and Tom Cruise’s Bomb With J. Kyle Mann, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 1:49:03
Ryan reports that the Premier League's independent commission found Manchester City guilty on 114 of 115 charges.
“on the Friday that that started, the Premier League is like guilty. 114 out of 115 charges”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: NBA One Guy (the East!), a Man City Punishment Primer, and Tom Cruise’s Bomb With J. Kyle Mann, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 1:40:11
Van LathanPodcaster and media personality, Alabama football fan
Lathan warns that a harsh penalty could cause economic damage that permanently alters the league.
“The economic distress might destroy what it is that we have going on and permanently alter the league”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: NBA One Guy (the East!), a Man City Punishment Primer, and Tom Cruise’s Bomb With J. Kyle Mann, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 2:00:43
Bill SimmonsSportswriter and founder of The Ringer, host of The Bill Simmons Podcast
Simmons proposes banning Manchester City for five years and forcing a sale of the club.
“I would just be like, look, you're out for five years and you got to sell the team. And that's where we are”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: NBA One Guy (the East!), a Man City Punishment Primer, and Tom Cruise’s Bomb With J. Kyle Mann, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 2:00:15
Predictions
- Prediction · due Dec 2026Chris Ryan
Ryan predicts the Manchester City case will be wrapped up by Christmas.
“I think they'll wrap it up by Christmas. I mean, the appeals process being what it is”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: NBA One Guy (the East!), a Man City Punishment Primer, and Tom Cruise’s Bomb With J. Kyle Mann, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 1:56:58 · Manchester City Premier League financial charges
Podcasts
- The Bill Simmons Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
NBA One Guy (the East!), a Man City Punishment Primer, and Tom Cruise’s Bomb With J. Kyle Mann, Chris Ryan, and Van LathanThe Bill Simmons Podcast · Oct 6, 2026 · 2 h 13 min
Bill Simmons and J. Kyle Mann pick one key player per NBA Eastern Conference team, then Chris Ryan and Van Lathan discuss cable stars, Tom Cruise's 'Digger,' and Manchester City's punishment.