Manchester City chief vows to 'win the case' after club found guilty of £900m worth of 'sham' deals Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano was confronted by a reporter after the club was found guilty of serious breaches of the Premier League's financial rules. In a separate video message to staff, he denied the allegations and vowed to appeal the decision, claiming the evidence proves the club's innocence. Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano was grilled on television moments after the Premier League confirmed the club were guilty of the most serious breaches of the financial rules. City Guilty of Financial Rule BreachesAn independent commission ruled that Man City had disguised payments worth £900m in a nine-year period peppered with 'sham' deals. In a damning 40-page verdict City artificially inflated sponsorship agreements and pumped money into the club from its Abu Dhabi owners via disguised payments in a bid to swerve Premier League spending rules.The eight-times champions were found guilty of 'all charges related to serious breaches' of the regulations and the majority of those in relation to its failure to co-operate with the competition's probe. City witnesses were also accused of lying in front of the three-person panel, in an explosive verdict that will further send shockwaves through football after news of the club's guilt first leaked on Friday.Soriano, who has served as Man City chief executive since 2012, was approached at the European Football Clubs meeting in Copenhagen by Sky News reporter Rob Harris immediately after the blistering verdict had been delivered. Man City chief executive Ferran Soriano was grilled on television moments after the Premier League confirmed the club were guilty of the most serious breaches of the financial rules.Soriano Refuses To Answer Sky NewsSoriano claimed he had 'nothing to say' after being questioned by Sky News on whether Man City were a 'sham club' following the verdict, before eventually walking away "Do you apologise to football fans? The Premier League says 'sham' contracts, is this a 'sham' club?"@RobHarris questions Man City chief executive Ferran Soriano after the club was found guilty of all charges related to Premier League's financial ruleshttps://t.co/3A2kYsOcCZ pic.twitter.com/LstPJGEPd7 - Sky News (@SkyNews) September 29, 2026 'The Premier League confirms you cheated for nearly a decade, do you apologise to football fans,' Harris began. 'I have nothing to say, thank you,' Soriano responded, before turning away from Harris. Soriano continued to look away as Harris asked 'Are you sure you can win on appeal?Is all this success as the Premier League says"sham contracts", is this a sham club?' The Man City chief eventually turned again to face Harris and responded 'Thank you, thank you, I have nothing to say. ' Soriano began walking away through the conference centre as he was asked 'Do you not have a message for football when you have cheated for so long, do you not have an obligation? ' 'I said thank you,' Soriano replied.Soriano Claims Case Based on LiesSoriano's refusal to engage with the questions came as the Man City chief featured in a video message sent to staff, which vowed to 'clear the club's name'. He claimed the Premier League's entire case against City was based on a 'single false accusation' and labelled it as a 'conspiracy theory', while he alleged the commission ignored extensive 'evidence' submitted by the club.Soriano sent a video message to staff vowing to 'clear the club's name' after the club was found guilty of breaking financial rules Vowing to continue City's legal fight in an effort to protect their reputation, he told staff: 'The whole Premier League case against us is based on a single false accusation - that the owner's personal money was somehow and secretly put into the club via some sponsors from Abu Dhabi.'This is just not true. Irrefutable evidence has been provided to the Premier League commission that shows it could not happen and that it did not happen. This includes bank statements, money transfers, witnesses and everything necessary to categorically demonstrate the money did not come from the owner.'Every other false charge that has been thrown at us comes from that simple, central and completely false accusation. 'Surprisingly for us and our lawyers after nearly two years the Premier League's commission has issued an opinion that supports the Premier League's conspiracy theory. 'To do so, the opinion had to ignore the extensive evidence provided by the club in order to reach a conclusion that is clearly wrong.Club Plans Legal Appeal To WinOur lawyers will now file an appeal that sets out the opinion contains clear, material errors of law, principle and fact and that it is unsafe.'Remember, we have been here before. In 2020 we were also wrongly ruled against for many of the same issues. We appealed to CAS and we won. We will now be relentless in our work.'We will focus on the independent appeal process and also all other legal avenues available to us in order to win the case and we will take all necessary action to protect the club and seek compensation from any party that tries to damage it. ' While Soriano delivered a defiant message in return to the verdict, football fans were drawn to the Man City chief executive appearing not to blink throughout a video that lasted for over three and a half minutes