‘I am here more than ever’: Guardiola backs Manchester City owners over guilty verdicts

• I am, always have been, always will, be behind my club’

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Pep Guardiola has thrown his support behind Manchester City after the club were found guilty of all charges of breaching Premier League financial rules over a nine-year period, telling fans: “We will get through this together”.

Guardiola left City in the summer after a trophy-laden decade in charge, with the period of his first two seasons part of the investigation ruled on by an independent commission. The Spaniard remains a close ally of the chief executive, Ferran Soriano, who brought him to England, the pair having previously worked together at Barcelona. City maintain their innocence and are set to appeal against the decision before Friday’s deadline.

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