History. 3 of 5. Leicester's reasons came out the same day, Derby's after two days and Saracens' after 79. Uefa kept City's private until the appeal was decided, and we found no date for Sheffield Wednesday.
Hunch. City said on 25 September that the process is subject to strict confidentiality, and in City's Uefa case the reasons stayed private while the club appealed.
The written verdict market resolves on Premier League publications: YES if, between 26 September and 26 December 2026, the Premier League publishes the independent commission's written decision on the charges against Manchester City, in full or with parts blacked out. News reports, leaks and summaries do not count. NO if nothing is published by 26 December 2026, and BBC Sport and Sky Sports reports of a publication settle it if the league site is unavailable.
We looked for cases where a sports league charged one of its clubs with breaking its money rules, the club denied it, and an independent panel found the club guilty. We found five such cases since 2019. One is rugby, where Saracens broke the league's limit on player pay. One is City's own Uefa case of 2020, judged by a different body.