young players and have been fined £300,000 and banned
for two years from signing academy players.
City cannot sign players between the age of 10 and 18
registered with Premier League or EFL clubs in the next
year, with the second year suspended.
“The Premier League has sanctioned Manchester City FC
for breaches of its Youth Development Rules,” the
Premier League said in a statement. “The breaches
concern approaches to two separate Academy players
whilst they were each registered with another club.
“Following an investigation, the Premier League found
evidence that the club’s conduct prior to applying to
register the players contravened League rules. This
included evidence of contact between the club and
members of each academy player’s family while those
academy players were still registered with their previous
clubs.
“Manchester City will pay a fine of £300,000 and will be
prohibited from registering any academy players in the
under-10 to under-18 age range who have been
registered with a Premier League or EFL club in the
preceding 18 months. This ban will last for two years.
The period of this ban from 30 June 2018 onwards will be
suspended for three years to be activated in the event of
any similar breach by the club.
“In each case, the academy player was conditionally
registered with Manchester City while the Premier
League’s investigation was ongoing. As a result of the
club’s breaches, the players’ registrations will be
terminated on a specified date, with no compensation
rights retained by the club, and the club will not be
permitted to re-register them as academy players. In
addition, Manchester City has offered to pay
compensation to each player’s previous club, and
maintain educational provision for each player until the
completion of his GCSEs.”
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