How much did Man City's rule breaking cost your team?

What the report says

BBC Sport Football reports that Manchester City’s long-running financial rule case could have had far wider consequences than just titles and trophies, potentially affecting league positions, European qualification, relegation battles and prize money across English football. The article says City deny wrongdoing and have appealed, but the Premier League’s independent commission has found them guilty of charges linked to overstating sponsorship income and related expenses.

Using published prize-money figures, BBC Sport says the possible financial impact on other clubs from 2009 to 2018 could total about £799.5m, made up of losses in Premier League finishing payments, missed Champions League earnings, Europa League access, cup-related income and the value of staying in the top flight. The broadcaster stresses this is not a claim for compensation or a certainty about how clubs would have finished without City’s spending advantage, but an estimate of the opportunities that may have been lost.

Tottenham Hotspur are presented as the club most affected, with BBC Sport calculating a potential loss of about £119.9m, largely because they finished just outside Champions League places in several seasons City qualified. Liverpool are estimated to have missed out on about £48.5m, while Hull City are said to have been hurt by relegation in a way that could amount to roughly £99m. The article is intended to show how City’s case may have altered the financial landscape for multiple Premier League clubs, not just the clubs directly beaten by them.