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City have been found guilty of the vast majority of their 115 charges‚ many of which allege
City cooked the books to the tune of nearly £900million through money artificially pumped into the club by their
Abu Dhabi owners over a nine-year period. An appeal was
confirmed by the club on Friday‚ with much of their defence suggesting commercial contracts were paid for by the
Abu Dhabi government rather than their owner. Now‚ though‚ it has emerged that sponsors
Etihad‚ the state-owner national airline of the
United Arab Emirates‚ told the
United States' department of commerce‚ transportation and state in 2015 that suggestions the government have paid for sponsorships are 'false'.