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Spanish businessman (born 1967)
Ferran Soriano Compte is a Spanish businessman who is the chief executive officer of Premier League club Manchester City. His tenure at Manchester City has overlapped with a majority of the years during which the club were found by an independent commission to have breached the Premier League's financial rules. He also operates in the same role for Major League Soccer's New York City, and the A-League's Melbourne City. Between 2003 and 2008, he was the vice-president and General Manager of Barcelona.
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The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). Seasons usually run from August to May, with each team playing 38 matches: two against each other team, one home and one away. Most games are played on weekend afternoons, with occasional weekday evening fixtures.
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Manchester City Football Club, commonly referred to as Man City or simply City, is a professional football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's, they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club's home ground is the City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, to which they moved in 2003, having played at Maine Road since 1923. Manchester City adopted their sky blue home shirts in 1894, the first season with the current name.
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Manchester City chief executive officer Ferran Soriano said on Tuesday his club will be vindicated after blasting the guilty verdict for breaching financial rules as a "Premier League conspiracy theory".City have been found guilty of all charges related to breaking Premier League financial rules between 2009 and 2018…
Javier Tebas said City deserved ‘a severe punishment’ if they breached financial rules.