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TOM COLLOMOSSE:
Unai Emery claims 'many clubs' have 'inflated their budgets' as
English football tries to adjust to its greatest modern scandal.
Manchester City were found by a
Premier League independent panel to have illegally pumped in more than £900million to swerve financial rules‚ thanks largely to their ownership group topping up commercial partnerships to the tune of £830.69m. The club have appealed against the verdict. Now
Aston Villa boss
Emery has become the first
Premier League boss to comment on the matter. Asked by
Spanish publication Diario de
Sevilla what might be the effect on the
English top flight‚
Emery said: 'It's an issue that was already known. Because we all have our restrictions‚ we have to sell players to comply with
Financial Fair Play‚ we have to figure out how to draw up contracts with new people.