Roy Keane and Ian Wright agree that Manchester City should be severely punished for ‘cheating’ after being found guilty of 114 breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules.
Following a long and drawn-out three year saga, an independent panel found City guilty of all but one of the 115 charges slapped against them by English top flight officials on Friday evening.
While City are expected to appeal the decision, given they have continually plead their innocence, the footballing world was sent into a frenzy by the earth-shattering news, with players, pundits and fans all having their say.
Highlighting the extent of the controversy, Rodri spent a large portion of his Nations League press conference for Spain answering questions regarding his former club’s alleged wrongdoing.
And now, Premier League legends Keane and Wright have given their verdict on matters.
According to the Mirror, speaking during ITV’s coverage of the Nations League clash between England and Spain at Wembley alongside Mark Pougatch and Juan Mata, Keane said: “Well it’s about time [the decision was made]. It’s obviously been going on a long time now and I certainly would disagree with Rodri’s messages there.
“It was the choice of the club, they chose to cheat, and whatever they have won over the last few years, they deserve to be punished. Where we start and finish with that, obviously it’s difficult.
“But they were cheating. Been found guilty of it, they have to take their medicine now. And it was kind of a shock really to be found guilty of…114 of the charges they were found guilty of? Big news it was.”
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When asked where the debacle leaves the reputation of English football, Wright then added: “Not very good, not very good. I’m going to be totally honest, Pougs.
“Going back to Rodri, he’s talking about what he’s done. He went shoulder to shoulder with the guys, and, of course, you can’t take that away from them, they experienced that.
“But they should take that away from them, they should be punished for it. They may have been able to experience those memories and all of those great times together, but then, when you look at all of the teams that were trying to chase them, they were doing it right.
“It’s not right, Pougs. What have we taken from Liverpool’s legacy, [Jurgen] Klopp and that team? What could they have experienced?
“Roy’s right, they cheated to get it done, and people have missed out on that. Players have missed out on unbelievable opportunities for themselves. I’m glad that we finally got there.”
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Source: Complete Sports
