24直播网 09月29日讯 9月29日，24直播网报道，曼城面对115项指控，其中114项被判成立。面对可能的俱乐部惩罚及索赔数额，The Athletic财经专家Chris Weatherspoon对曼城违规期间所得进行了估算。指控涉及2009年至2012年期间。

9月29日，24直播网报道，曼城在面临115项指控中，有114项被确认有效。针对俱乐部可能遭受的惩罚及其潜在赔偿金额，The Athletic的财经撰稿人Chris Weatherspoon对曼城在违规期间的收益进行了初步估算。

针对指控，曼城在2009-10至2017-18赛季未能提交精确的财务报告，而这段时间内，他们成功赢得了三座英超联赛冠军奖杯。此外，在2018-19至2022-23赛季的英超联赛调查过程中，曼城未能提供合作，同期他们又赢得了四个冠军头衔。紧接着，他们在2024年再次获得冠军。这家在过去十五年内共获得八座英超联赛冠军的俱乐部，现在面临自家联赛对其大量指控的确认，这一事件对曼城、英超以及整个足球领域可能产生深远的影响。

众多英超俱乐部纷纷启动法律程序，意图提出索赔要求。他们正考虑联合起来，共同发起集体诉讼。目前，围绕数十亿英镑赔偿金的讨论正逐渐建立在法律基础之上。尽管如此，由于曼城违规行为的严重性和其过往巨额支出所引发的连锁效应，准确估算这些损失显得极为困难。目前，尚无明确信息指出哪些俱乐部有资格对曼城提起追责。不过，可以确认的是，阿森纳、曼联、利物浦和热刺均按照规定保留了提起索赔的权力。

Throughout the past nine years, Manchester City has topped the list of salary expenditures in the English football scene for eight of those years. In the early stages of the Abu Dhabi Group's ownership, the club significantly invested in its youth academy, which has since been a consistent source of talent. The high-value transfers of these graduates have generated substantial profits, which have been channeled back into the first team, perpetuating a wealth cycle. The profits from player transactions are only matched by those at Chelsea. Moreover, lucrative commercial contracts with affiliated entities have allowed Manchester City to maintain a costly, top-tier squad with premium salaries, a strategy that has faced ongoing skepticism.

在剔除“未合作调查”相关指控的时间段后，即从2009至2010赛季到2017至2018赛季，曼城在英超联赛以及欧洲足联赛事中累积获得的奖励金总额达到了惊人的10.94亿英镑，这一数字在英格兰俱乐部中位居第三，仅落后于切尔西（11.27亿英镑）和曼联（11.05亿英镑）。一旦将“未合作调查”指控所涉时期纳入计算，曼城便无人能及。进一步扩大时间范围，自2008年被收购至今，曼城在所有比赛中获得的奖金总额已突破30亿英镑的里程碑。

在2009至2018年间的九个赛季里，曼城仅在英超联赛的“排名奖金”一项上便积累了高达1.99亿英镑的收入，这一数字超过了排名第二的切尔西1300万英镑。自俱乐部被收购以来，英超联赛的单赛季排名奖金从72.5万英镑激增至2017-18赛季的193万英镑，并在上一赛季攀升至376万英镑。以阿森纳在上赛季获得的7500万英镑排名奖金为例，这表明了这笔资金的巨大规模。从2009-10赛季开始，至2019-20赛季因疫情未公布具体分配数据，英超联赛总计向42家俱乐部发放了61.21亿英镑的排名奖金。曼城以5.596亿英镑的奖金收入，占总分配额的9%，位居所有俱乐部之首，领先排名第二的阿森纳近5000万英镑。

繁荣滋生财富，财富又催生繁荣。英超球队的电视转播收益与其赛季中电视转播的比赛数量紧密相连。曼城球队在战绩上的飞跃，无疑为他们赢得了更多的转播关注。在这2009年到2018年的九个赛季中，曼城从电视转播中获得了高达1.7亿英镑的收益，仅次于曼联（1.8亿英镑）和利物浦（1.75亿英镑）。然而，长期违规行为所引发的深远影响，远远超出了冠军头衔的转换。

Since the 2011-12 campaign, Manchester City has been a consistent participant in the Champions League each year, thereby inevitably excluding other clubs from qualification. This perspective highlights Tottenham Hotspur as the most affected, having missed out on the Champions League by a mere point on four occasions during this period. As a result, Tottenham accumulated a total of 28.8 million euros in European League revenue, whereas City's earnings from the Champions League during the same seasons soared to 141 million euros. Additionally, two other teams that missed out on the Champions League qualification were Manchester United in the 2016-17 season and Chelsea in the 2018-19 season. Despite Chelsea securing the Europa League title, their financial rewards from UEFA were significantly less than those of Manchester City during the corresponding seasons.

Over the course of the eight seasons from 2011-12 to 2018-19, during which Manchester City faced allegations of not providing accurate financial information while securing UEFA Champions League qualification, clubs that narrowly missed out on the tournament collectively received a total of 147 million euros in UEFA bonuses. In stark contrast, Manchester City amassed an astonishing 358 million euros, a figure that does not account for the potential loss of ticket and commercial revenue. Due to the UEFA's bonus distribution system heavily favoring historical performance, clubs that consistently qualify for the Champions League benefit greatly from the "compound interest" effect. According to TA's estimates, Manchester City was already guaranteed to receive over 52 million euros in bonuses before the start of this season's Champions League, a sum exceeded by only three other teams across Europe.

那些在争夺联赛冠军或欧洲赛事资格的过程中遭遇挫败的球队并非唯一感到权益受损的，斯托克城和桑德兰在2011年足总杯和2014年联赛杯决赛中不敌曼城，他们的遭遇又当如何？对于他们球员薪资的指责是否会对他们产生连锁反应？一个激进的解决方案或许是从历史档案中抹去他们的存在，取消他们在那个时期参与的所有赛事。即便这种做法会使英超联赛的队伍数降至19支，单就2011年而言，布莱克浦本有机会避免降级，但最终降级的却是狼队。特别是考虑到布莱克浦的老板在球队仅征战英超一个赛季后便从俱乐部撤走了2700万英镑，自那以后球队便未能重返顶级联赛，如今只能在英甲中挣扎求生。

Throughout the nine seasons from 2009 to 2018, had Manchester City not participated in the Premier League, 42 additional clubs would have been eligible for enhanced ranking incentives. During the 2010-11 campaign, Bolton could have climbed three positions, thereby securing an additional 2.3 million pounds in ranking bonuses, boosting their season's total earnings by 4%. Naturally, the earnings of other teams would have been correspondingly diminished. Extending this "no Manchester City" scenario to the recent past, it would have been Tottenham Hotspur that was relegated, not West Ham United. Hence, it is not as straightforward as removing a team from a completed season and assuming that everything else would proceed as planned.

广泛蔓延的违规行为使得局势愈发荒诞不经。即便一项运动的基础再坚实，一旦其信誉遭受损害或被肆意践踏，追溯其连锁效应便变得异常棘手。在这起事件中，曼城，或者说至少是俱乐部的高层，未能履行其对体育运动的职责。以巴塞罗那在2017年末与梅西签订的四年合同为例，这笔交易使得巴塞罗那为单一球员的支出超过了50亿欧元。梅西无疑是足球史上最杰出的球员之一，然而，即便是对于他来说，如此高昂的薪酬也显得过于夸张，直接导致了巴塞罗那陷入严重的财务困境，至今仍在努力恢复中。

尽管高额球员薪酬并非导致巴塞罗那财务困境的唯一原因，但夏季期间，若梅西未曾与曼城产生传闻中的转会风波，俱乐部是否仍需作出如此决策，实为疑问。即便曼城当时的教练瓜迪奥拉后来否认试图引进梅西，但这一传言并非毫无根据。实际上，正是曼城的强大经济实力使得这笔交易变得可能，而这正是曼城如今被认定违规的基础。若非曼城暗中作梗，梅西本可用更低廉的薪水与巴塞罗那续约，其他球员亦然。如此一来，巴塞罗那的薪资总额将不会异常膨胀，俱乐部也不必采取“打破常规”的策略，过度透支未来，以期赶上如今如曼城等俱乐部的水平。

然而，这些设想仅是推测性的假设，并非历史变迁的唯一可能路径。设想在一个“曼城未违反规定”的平行宇宙中，存在着无数的变数。在这个宇宙中，莱斯特城在2021年可能不会因为微弱的劣势而与欧冠无缘，从而避免了随后的巨额经济损失，并且目前不会陷入英格兰甲级联赛的困境。同样，阿斯顿维拉或许能够在四年后成功晋级欧冠，而无需在今年夏天为了满足财务规定而被迫出售核心球员。