24直播网 09月29日讯 9月29日，据24直播网报道，曼城面对115项指控，其中114项成立。针对俱乐部可能遭受的处罚和索赔数额，The Athletic财经撰稿人Chris Weatherspoon对曼城违规时期的盈利情况进行了估算。在众多指控中，曼城在2009-10赛季至2012-13赛季的违规行为，其非法获利数额令人瞩目。
9月29日，据24直播网报道，曼城俱乐部在面临115项指控中，有114项被证实有效。在探讨该俱乐部可能遭遇的惩罚及潜在赔偿金额时，The Athletic的财经专家Chris Weatherspoon对曼城在违规期间所获得的收益进行了估算。
针对指控，曼城在2009至2018年间未能提交精确的财务报告，而这段时间内他们成功赢得了三座英超联赛冠军奖杯。进一步的指控揭露，在2018至2022年间，英超调查期间曼城拒绝合作，同期他们还赢得了四个冠军。紧接着，他们在2024年再度加冕。这家在过去十五年内累计获得八座英超冠军奖杯的俱乐部，如今面临自家联赛的大量指控成立，这一事件对曼城、英超以及整个足球领域的影响预计将极为重大。
众多英超球队亦纷纷启动应对措施，筹划提出赔偿要求，并有迹象显示他们可能联手发起集体诉讼。目前，针对数十亿英镑赔偿金的法律依据讨论日益升温。尽管如此，鉴于曼城违规行为的严重性和其过往巨额投入所引发的连锁效应，对损失进行精确估算几乎成为不可能的任务。目前尚无明确信息指出哪些俱乐部有资格对曼城追究责任。然而，可以确认的是，阿森纳、曼联、利物浦和热刺均按照相关法规保留了提起诉讼的权利。
During the past nine years, Manchester City has topped the salary expenditure list in the English football scene for eight of those years. Since the early days of the Abu Dhabi group's ownership, substantial investments have been channeled into the youth academy, now serving as a consistent talent pipeline. Graduates from the academy have been sold at high prices, generating substantial profits that have fed back into the senior team, perpetuating a wealth cycle. The profits from player transfers are only comparable to those of Chelsea. Furthermore, the club's significant commercial contracts with affiliated entities have enabled it to sustain a lavish, top-heavy roster with sky-high salaries, a practice that has long been subject to skepticism.
在剔除“不配合调查”相关指控的年份范围内，即从2009至2010赛季至2017至2018赛季，曼城在英超联赛以及欧洲足联赛事中累积获得的奖金达到了10.94亿英镑，这一数额使得他们在英格兰俱乐部的奖金排行榜上位居第三，落后于切尔西（11.27亿英镑）和曼联（11.05亿英镑）。而当考虑到包括“不配合调查”在内的所有指控年份，曼城则无人能及。自2008年被收购至今，曼城在所有比赛中的奖金总收入已攀升至超过30亿英镑的惊人数字。
在2009至2018年的连续九个赛季里，曼城仅在英超联赛的“排名奖金”一项上就积累了高达1.99亿英镑的收入，这一数字超过了排名第二的切尔西1300万英镑。自俱乐部易主以来，英超单赛季的排名奖金金额经历了显著增长，从最初的72.5万英镑攀升至2017-18赛季的193万英镑，并在上一赛季达到了376万英镑。以阿森纳在上赛季获得的7500万英镑排名奖金为例，这显然是一笔相当可观的收入。从2009-10赛季开始，除去因疫情而未公布详细分配数据的2019-20赛季，英超联赛总计向42家俱乐部发放了61.21亿英镑的排名奖金。其中，曼城独占鳌头，拿走了5.596亿英镑，占总分配额的9%，领先于排名第二的阿森纳近5000万英镑。
财富的积累往往源于成就的辉煌，而辉煌的成就亦能催生财富的涌流。在英超联赛中，各俱乐部的电视转播收入与其每赛季的电视转播次数紧密相连。曼城在战绩上的显著进步，无疑为他们赢得了更多的转播机会。在2009年至2018年间的9个赛季中，曼城共获得了高达1.7亿英镑的电视转播收入，这一数字仅次于曼联的1.8亿英镑和利物浦的1.75亿英镑。然而，长期违规行为所引发的严重后果，并不仅限于冠军头衔的易主。
Since the 2011-12 campaign, Manchester City has been a consistent participant in the Champions League, and their advancement inevitably bars other clubs from qualification. From this perspective, Tottenham Hotspur has faced the most significant setback, having narrowly missed the tournament four times during this period. Consequently, they have accumulated a total of 28.8 million euros in European League earnings, whereas City's revenue from the Champions League during the same seasons reached a staggering 141 million euros. Additionally, two other teams that missed out on the Champions League were Manchester United in the 2016-17 season and Chelsea in the 2018-19 season. Despite Chelsea's triumph in the Europa League, their compensation from UEFA was substantially less than that of Manchester City during the corresponding period.
Over the span of eight seasons from 2011-12 to 2018-19, during which Manchester City faced allegations of not providing accurate financial data while securing UEFA Champions League qualification, clubs that narrowly missed out on the competition collectively earned a total of 147 million euros in UEFA bonuses. In stark contrast, Manchester City accumulated a staggering 358 million euros, a figure that does not account for the potential loss of ticket and commercial revenue. Due to UEFA's bonus distribution system heavily favoring historical performance, clubs that consistently qualify for the Champions League benefit from substantial "compound" benefits. According to TA's estimates, before the start of this season's Champions League, Manchester City had already secured over 52 million euros in bonuses, a sum exceeded by only three other teams across Europe.
那些在争夺联赛冠军或欧洲赛事资格的竞争中遭受打击的球队并非唯一受害者。以斯托克城和桑德兰为例，他们在2011年和2014年的足总杯和联赛杯决赛中不敌曼城，他们的利益同样受到了损害。那么，关于球员薪资的指控是否会对他们产生连锁反应呢？一种极端的解决方案可能是将他们从历史记录中抹去，取消他们在那段时期参加的所有比赛。这种做法不仅会导致英超联赛变成一支只有19支球队的联赛，而且在2011年，布莱克浦本有机会避免降级，结果却是狼队接替了他们的位置。更令人遗憾的是，布莱克浦的老板在球队仅征战英超一季后便从俱乐部撤资2700万英镑，自那以后，球队再也没有重返顶级联赛，如今只能在英甲中挣扎求生。
Throughout the nine seasons from 2009 to 2018, if Manchester City's participation in the Premier League had been omitted, it would have resulted in 42 instances where other clubs could have secured a higher ranking bonus. During the 2010-11 campaign, Bolton could have climbed three spots, thereby increasing their ranking bonus by 2.3 million pounds, boosting their total earnings by 4%. Naturally, the earnings of other teams would have been affected accordingly. Extending this "no Manchester City" scenario to the most recent season, it would have been Tottenham Hotspur that was relegated, not West Ham United. Hence, it is not as straightforward to remove a team from a completed season and assume that everything else would proceed as planned.
面对如此广泛的违规影响，局势不可避免地陷入了荒诞。一旦一项运动的信誉基础遭受破坏或被任意践踏，追踪其连锁效应便变得异常痛苦。在这场动荡中，曼城，或者说其管理层，未能履行对这项运动的责任。以2017年末巴萨与梅西签订的四年新合同为例，这笔交易使得巴萨为单一球员的支出超过了50亿欧元。梅西无疑是足球史上最杰出的球员之一，然而，即便是对于他来说，如此高昂的薪资也显得过于夸张，直接导致了巴萨陷入严重的财务困境，至今仍在努力恢复中。
在探讨巴塞罗那的财政困境时，尽管巨额球员薪资可能不是唯一原因，但考虑到那个夏季，如果梅西并未与曼城传出看似真实的市场流言，那么巴塞罗那是否真的会觉得有必要采取如此激进的行动呢？尽管曼城的时任主教练瓜迪奥拉事后否认曾试图签下梅西，但这样的传言并非毫无根据。更有甚者，是曼城强大的财务背景为这笔交易提供了可能，而这正是曼城被指控违规的关键因素。设想若无曼城的介入，梅西或许能够以更低的薪酬与巴塞罗那续约，其他球员亦是如此。这样一来，巴塞罗那的薪资总额便不会异常膨胀，从而避免走上通过透支未来资金以追赶如曼城等竞争对手的道路。
这些设想纯属假设，并非历史另一种可能性的唯一展现。在这样一个假想的世界中，即“曼城未曾违规”的平行时空，无数的可能性得以展开。设想一下，莱斯特城在2021年没有因为一分之差而与欧冠失之交臂，从而避免了巨额的经济损失，也未曾跌入英格兰甲级联赛的境地。同样，维拉或许能够在四年后成功晋级欧冠，无需在今年夏天为了满足财政规定而被迫出售球队的核心球员。