City were charged and referred to an independent commission in february last year, following a four year investigation that said the club broke rules between 2009 and 2018. An exact date for a verdict is unknown, with reports only suggesting a decision early in 2025. City strongly deny all the charges. 0ur sports editor dan roan tells us what happens next. It s expected to last, this commission hearing, about ten weeks, and then beyond of that, there will be, of course, a period of deliberation. And given the complexity and the scale of this case, based on how many charges there are, and i should say that while there were 115 originally, it has been reported that that may have expanded to around 130, not because there are additional allegations of wrongdoing, but more because they re effectively multiples of original charges over various seasons. The premier league are simply not clarifying the case, but regardless, it s a sprawling case over 1a seasons, and so it would be surprising i