Neville calls for Manchester City owners to be removed

Gary Neville has called for Manchester City’s current owners to be removed as a fair punishment after an independent commission found the club had breached Premier League financial rules. City says it intends to appeal, and no sanction has been decided. Neville made the argument on the Stick to Football podcast, saying the club’s history means it could recover after a change of ownership. He said fines, points deductions, transfer bans or stripping titles would be significant penalties, but that removing the owners would carry the greatest consequences. His proposal is a personal view, not a reported recommendation from the Premier League or the commission. The commission’s findings, announced by the Premier League, cover nine seasons. Reports describe the ruling as finding City guilty of financial-rule breaches; one account specifies 114 guilty findings among 115 charges. The supplied reports say the commission concluded that the club had circumvented rules, including by disguising owner funding as sponsorship revenue. The underlying decision and its full reasoning are not included in the available material.