Gary Neville has called for Manchester Citys current owners to be removed from the Premier League following the clubs guilty verdict in their long-running financial case. An independent commission found City guilty of 114 of the 115 charges brought against them, with the Premier League confirming the findings earlier this week.The sanctions have yet to be decided, with a points deduction, fines, a transfer ban, stripping of titles and even expulsion from the Premier League among the potential outcomes that have been discussed.Neville believes none of those punishments would go far enough and instead argued that removing the clubs current ownership would represent the strongest available consequence.Speaking on the latest episode of Stick to Football, the former Manchester United captain said: Manchester City will recover as a football club because Manchester City have been there longer than these owners, theyll be there long after them, and its got an immense history.Points deductions, fines, transfer bans, removing the titles not giving them to others, just removing the titles its significant punishments. The only punishment that would be fair would be have huge consequences the biggest consequence would be removing the owners.That is the only consequence if I was Manchester City that I would be worried about. And as a fan of Manchester City, if you wanted to keep the investment that youve currently got, that would be the one Id be most concerned about.Neville compares City case with Italian football crisisThe former United defender said he was concerned about the potential impact of the case on the reputation of the Premier League, particularly given how the competition is viewed around the world.He referenced the damage caused by scandals in Italian football over the past quarter of a century, including the fallout from Calciopoli, which resulted in Juventus being relegated from Serie A in 2006.However, if youre in football and youre thinking about consequence, what can be more serious than industrial-level financial doping that weve seen and theyve been found guilty of? Im not celebrating.Im chilled. This is chilling. I support Manchester United, Jamie Carragher supports Liverpool, Roy Keane and Ian Wright played for Manchester United, Arsenal, Jill Scott played for City.This is chilling to listen to this. Its chilling. The Italian game has suffered immeasurably over the last 25 years, maybe from after Calciopoli. You know, weve played Juventus, weve alluded to this before, we felt at the time that this wasnt right.And Im not saying thats going to happen to the Premier League. But we always think weve got this enormous integrity, the Premier League, that we are the league that sets the standard and its other leagues that have got corruption, fraud, doping scandals, match fixing, referee scandals.This has now come into our country, this has now come into our league. This is the greatest export that we have in our country in the world. If you go around the world and talk about Liverpool, Manchester, Arsenal people talk about the Premier League more than anything when you tell them where youre from in the world. And at the moment, were being dragged through the mud. Topics Gary Neville Manchester City F.C. Premier League Add us as a preferred source on Google If you enjoy reading this article, you can help support our independent football journalism by adding 101 Great Goals as a preferred source You Should Also Read Man City whistleblower: Infantino helped club avoid sanctions and should have no place in football Cian Cheesbrough 30th September, 2026 Erling Haaland no different after Manchester City guilty verdict Cian Cheesbrough 1st October, 2026 Burnham would be really concerned to lose Man City owners over financial breaches Nicholas McGee 30th September, 2026 Klopp far from preparing for a title after Man City guilty verdicts Nicholas McGee 30th September, 2026 Ruben Dias asked about Manchester City uncertainty and defends Cristiano Ronaldo from accusations of selfishness Jon Fisher 30th September, 2026 Pep Guardiola says he is behind my owner and my chairman after Manchester City found guilty of financial doping Jon Fisher 30th September, 2026
