Maresca isolates City from the storm, 'let's just focus on football'

"We understand the noise, but we have to focus only on football", this is how Enzo Maresca tries to isolate Manchester City from the controversy after the decision of the independent commission of the Premier League which found the club guilty of over one hundred violations of financial rules. The club appealed against the verdict, claiming it had "irrefutable evidence" of its involvement in the disputes relating to the 2009-2018 period.

Possible sanctions, if violations are confirmed, include a ranking penalty and even exclusion from the Premier League. "Personally I am very calm. The club has been clear and we trust us completely," said Maresca, in his first public statement after the sentence, underlining that the team can only control what happens on the pitch.