Enzo Maresca is not treating the Manchester City 115-charge case as a daily issue. Speaking to goal.com, he said there have been no personal concerns for him, even though the Premier League’s hearing on the alleged breaches concluded in December 2024 and no decision has been issued yet.
Maresca's message on the wait
The cleanest read is that Maresca wants the whole thing kept at arm's length. He said he was at City during the Treble season three years ago and the same questions were already being asked then. "In three years, it's still the same. Nothing has happened. I don't have any concerns personally," he told goal.com.
That is a manager speaking as if the case exists in the background rather than in the dressing room. The club is still being judged against alleged offences covering 2009 to 2018, plus a charge of failing to cooperate with the Premier League investigation, but Maresca's public line is simply that nothing has changed for him.
Why the delay is still the bigger story
Stefan Borson is far less relaxed about it. He said there has been no decision "19 months on, 20 months on almost" after the hearing, calling the wait "totally unacceptable" and "broadly inexplicable by any sport of norms in these sorts of matters".
That frustration is easy to understand. City finished 2nd in the Premier League with 78 points, won 3 of their last 5 league matches and scored 8 goals in that run, so the off-field case is hanging over a side that is still performing at the top end of the table. Borson also said any punishment, if City were found guilty, would be "extremely severe" and not just a transfer-ban story.
He added that the club's spending suggests confidence, saying it is more likely City will prevail, but that remains an opinion, not a ruling. The only fixed point is still the one Borson keeps circling back to: the hearing is done, the decision is not, and the wait has gone on since December 2024.
Written by Jack Mercer with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 3 outlets. How we work →
