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topicnews · September 18, 2024

Keith Wyness reveals the truth about new “leaks”

Keith Wyness reveals the truth about new “leaks”

Ewan McGregor

Everton’s former boss Keith Wyness stressed that only limited information would be available as Man City fights its 115-count case against the Premier League.

On the occasion of the new edition of Football InsiderSpeaking on City’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old, who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy that advises elite clubs, claimed the hearing before the independent commission should be “transparent” because in City’s case “justice needs to be visible for it to happen”.

The hearing into Man City’s 115 charges for alleged breaches of Premier League financial rules began on Monday (September 16).

Photos from The Lawyer magazine have emerged showing the English champion’s legal team arriving at the International Dispute Resolution Centre in London.

The case is the result of a four-year investigation into the City’s conduct dating back to 2008.

The city strongly denies all allegations and insists that its case is supported by a “comprehensive amount of irrefutable evidence.”

Man City case should be transparent, says Wyness – “Justice must be visible for it to happen”

Wyness said Football Insider‘s Insider Track Podcast: “The secret location was revealed, there were photos of the lawyers going in.

“The lead lawyer, David Pannick, is reported to earn £5,000 an hour.

“But we won’t hear much.

“You have made that very clear. The chairman of the commission will only disclose things that he wants to disclose and there will be no further reports.”

“Of course, in football we are all looking for leaks and if there are no leaks, people will invent leaks. We have to be very careful with the information that gets out to the public.

“There was a very big debate about whether this case should be made public and whether more transparency is needed.

“I think it should be transparent because it would increase the penalty. If a club were to realise that it was being publicly slandered, that could be another way to stop the behaviour we want to fight against.”

“People are going to be bored for the next two months. The details and minutiae are going to be unbelievable and very boring, but there will also be some great moments.

“I’ve seen these things a few times and they’re very boring – it’s not great television.

“However, I believe that if we want to enforce rules, we must also visibly ensure justice.

A general view of a corner before the Premier League match between Manchester City and Everton FC at the Etihad Stadium on December 31, 2022 in Manchester...
Photo by Tony McArdle/Everton FC via Getty Images

“It makes sense to have some reporters on site to inform us about what is happening every day.

“That would be helpful and important.”

In other news, City are in pole position to sign Jamal Musiala after boss breaks his silence.

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