Aymeric Laporte reveals Man City's message to players as 115 charges trial begins

Former Manchester City centre-back Aymeric Laporte has revealed the club's confidence that they will prove their innocence in the hearing into their 115 charges of financial mismanagement which begins on Monday.

After a lengthy process of collecting evidence and preparing for trial, City and the Premier League will finally butt heads in a hearing which is expected to take around ten weeks and should hopefully reach a verdict before the start of 2025.

City officials have always publicly stressed their innocence and Laporte, who left the club in 2023, has now revealed they shared the same message behind the scenes.

"When I was there and the news broke, the sporting director [Txiki Begiristain] and the CEO [Ferran Soriano] came and told all the players and staff that we can all be very calm because not one rule has been broken by Man City," he told the Daily Mail.

"They told us everything was fine so that's why we all think City will be fine. I don't think there will be any issues.

"Like Pep Guardiola always says, if something wrong has been done, they will have to pay for it."

Manager Guardiola recently backed his side to clear their name and admitted frustration towards rivals praying on their downfall, insisting the evidence would speak for itself.

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