Fans must be patient for Man City appeal outcome, warns sport integrity chief

Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (centre) and chairman Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak (right).Pic: Martin Rickett/PA Wire

Fans must be patient for the appeal outcome in the Manchester City case because it “cannot leave room for doubt”, a sport integrity chief has said.

The club were found guilty by an independent commission of breaking Premier League financial rules over a nine-season period, with the judgement made public on September 29.