Al-Mubarak vows to speak out on 115 charges once Premier League verdict is delivered

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak has pledged to speak openly about the club’s ongoing Premier League hearing — covering 115 alleged breaches of spending rules — the moment a verdict is announced, ending what he described as three years of enforced silence.

“Until we have a ruling, I can’t say much,” Al-Mubarak said. “Once we have a ruling, believe me, we’re going to have a wonderful sit down together and I’ll say everything I’ve wanted to say for the last three years.”

The statement comes as City’s independent arbitration panel hearing continues, with no confirmed date yet for a ruling on allegations that the club broke Premier League financial regulations over a prolonged period.

Beyond the legal proceedings, Al-Mubarak used the occasion to issue a clear message to rivals: City’s spending will not slow down. The club accumulated 20 trophies during Pep Guardiola’s decade in charge, and despite the Spaniard’s departure at the end of last season, the chairman insists the ambition remains unchanged. City are reportedly close to signing Newcastle midfielder Elliot Anderson in a deal that could reach £100 million.

Al-Mubarak also addressed the long-term ownership picture, stressing that Sheikh Mansour — who purchased the club for around £100 million in 2008, a figure that has since grown to a valuation approaching £7 billion — has no plans to sell.

“Sheikh Mansour, when he looks at this club, he sees it as a long-term investment,” Al-Mubarak said. “There’s no intention to sell. There’s only intention to keep growing this, because the view here is this will only grow and this is a beautiful business to own.”

The chairman framed football as uniquely resilient in an era of shifting consumer attention, describing Manchester City and its parent group as sitting at “the pinnacle” of the sport — assets, in his words, that you simply do not sell.

For City’s Premier League rivals, the dual message — continued financial firepower and a chairman ready to go on the record once the charges case concludes — underlines that the club regards the current period as a pause rather than a turning point.