Pep Guardiola sure that he will stay in MANCITY——'Innocent until proven guilty'

City have been charged with 101 breaches of financial regulations since their takeover by Abu Dhabi United in 2008, with penalties still a long way off. When Guardiola was inevitably asked by reporters about the situation, he insisted that the club were "clear until proven guilty".

"We are lucky we live in a society where everybody is innocent until proven guilty. We didn't have this opportunity. (People say) we are already guilty. I think we have good lawyers but the Premier League - supported by 19 teams - are going to take good lawyers too. If we are not innocent we will accept what the judge or Premier League decide, but what happens if it's the same as UEFA and we are innocent? What happens to restore our damage?"