No member of Manchester City’s current squad was signed during the period in which an independent commission found the club guilty of all charges relating to breaches of the Premier League’s financial regulations. Those offences all came between 2009 and 2018, and City have denied any wrongdoing and appealed against all of the charges.
This question comes from Neil in West Sussex, and it asks which current City players were at the club during that period.
Longest-serving signings
Captain Ruben Dias is the club’s longest-serving first-team player who was purchased from another club. The Portuguese centre-back joined from Benfica in 2020 and has made more than 250 club appearances since then.
Norway striker Erling Haaland is the next longest-serving arrival. He joined from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2022.
Academy products
Phil Foden is the only player who was at the club during the period in which it breached the league’s financial rules, but he was not a senior signing. The 26-year-old came through the club’s youth ranks and made his first-team debut in a Champions League match against Feyenoord in November 2017.
Like Foden, versatile midfielder Rico Lewis is a product of the academy. He did not make his senior debut until August 2022.
All of the club’s other senior players were signed between 2023 and 2026.