{"id":518598,"date":"2026-10-09T07:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=518598"},"modified":"2026-10-09T07:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:40:25","slug":"maresca-claims-man-city-titles-absolutely-not-tainted","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/maresca-claims-man-city-titles-absolutely-not-tainted\/","title":{"rendered":"Maresca claims Man City titles &#8216;absolutely NOT&#8217; tainted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sky Blues manager Enzo Maresca has launched a fierce defense of the side\u2019s legacy after the bombshell news of their EPL guilty verdict. The boss shares that the trophies won during his time at Man City remain untarnished by off-field drama.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the EPL&#8217;s guilty verdict on 114 of 115 charges of financial misconduct, Enzo said the team&#8217;s spirit remains high.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know why most of you are here, but the only thing I will say is something I already did,\u201d the Italian manager began. \u201cThere is a process ongoing, and right now, I completely trust Manchester City. That\u2019s all I can say at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maresca also answered positively to a question about whether he spoke with the Sky Blues owner, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, and said he expects an ultimate win in the case and will speak more about the topic when that happens.<\/p>\n<p>Enzo revealed that his only focus is on the pitch and that he is preparing the team for the crucial game vs. Liverpool this weekend. The Italian said he will do everything possible to shield his players from outside noise during the legal battle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca reacts to the club being found guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of Premier League financial rules by an independent commission.<\/p>\n<p>City have appealed the verdict. https:\/\/t.co\/F1TAOOM7XT<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/2108494254146310547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">October 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sky Blues manager Enzo Maresca has launched a fierce defense of the side\u2019s legacy after the bombshell news of their EPL guilty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":518600,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[22959,17183],"news_category":[136,14235,14084],"gn_keywords":[22960,18121],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"Enzo spoke to the media before the Premier League resumed.","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/518598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/518598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":518599,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/518598\/revisions\/518599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518598"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=518598"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=518598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}