Glasner urges quick end to Manchester City saga and fears damage to Premier League

Forest manager believes football fans may ‘switch off’‘The most important thing is the integrity of the league’Oliver Glasner has said Manchester City being found guilty of arranging “sham contracts” has damaged the Premier League brand globally and believes the integrity of the English top flight is under threat.The Nottingham Forest head coach said the league faces a job to repair its image and suggested supporters might switch off after City were found to have artificially inflated their income by more than £900m. Continue reading…

Oliver Glasner has said Manchester City being found guilty of arranging “sham contracts” has damaged the Premier League brand globally and believes the integrity of the English top flight is under threat ‘The most important thing is the integrity of the league’ Oliver Glasner has said Manchester City being found guilty of arranging “sham contracts” has damaged the Premier League brand globally and believes the integrity of the English top flight is under threat. The Nottingham Forest head coach said the league faces a job to repair its image and suggested supporters might switch off after City were found to have artificially inflated their income by more than £900m.

City have appealed against last week’s seismic judgment of an independent commission that they broke financial rules across a nine-year period. If City’s appeal fails, the panel could determine a range of sporting sanctions, including expulsion from the league and point deductions. Glasner said the case must be finalised “as soon as possible” to protect the competition’s integrity. Glasner cited his experience of Crystal