British Prime Minister Burnham will reveal his dealings with Man City

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he would publish details of his dealings with Manchester City, after opposition politicians criticized his response to a decision that condemned the club for serious violations of the financial rules of the English Premier League.

Manchester City appealed the independent committee's decision earlier this month, in an attempt by the club to overturn the ruling and avoid potentially severe penalties.

The English Premier League reported that Manchester City used “sham” commercial contracts as part of schemes to inflate revenues and reduce costs by more than 900 million pounds ($1.19 billion).

City denied committing any violations throughout the case, and said that the committee’s opinion contained “obvious fundamental errors.”

The Liberal Democrats in Britain urged Burnham earlier this month to disclose any meetings he held with the owners of Manchester City, representatives of the owners, or entities associated with them. Conservative Party leader Kimmy Badenoch also called on the British government to reveal details of the meetings that took place between Burnham and senior officials at Manchester City.

“The Leader of the Opposition has asked me to publish details of my meetings, and I am happy to do so and will do so,” Burnham said in the “The Rest is Politics” podcast, scheduled to air Monday.

He added: “I will clearly reveal everything I did during my cooperation with them in my previous position as Mayor of Greater Manchester.”

Burnham, who served as mayor from May 2017 to June 2026, said his contacts with the club were not recent.

“In fact, none of these communications were recent, in terms of the meetings I had,” he said. In fact, I only had one important meeting, and that was in 2021.”

Last September, Burnham expressed his concern that the owners of Manchester City would sell the club after the guilty verdict, saying that they were “a great partner in building modern Manchester” and “in transforming the club into a global power.”