Van Dijk vows to comment on City's guilt after appeal ends

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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk says he will share his views on Manchester City's financial rule-breaking once the club's appeal process concludes.

Virgil van Dijk has said he will share his comments on Manchester City's guilty verdict once the club's appeal process is settled. The Liverpool captain indicated he will make his views known but wants to wait until proceedings finish, saying it is 'not a good idea' to comment while matters remain ongoing.

City were found guilty by an independent commission of breaching 114 financial rules between 2009 and 2018. The commission declared that City had overstated their income by £830.69m. The club continues to deny wrongdoing and has lodged an appeal, with the hearing set to be completed before Christmas and a verdict communicated within 30 days.

During the period in question, Van Dijk's Liverpool finished second to City on multiple occasions, including in 2019 when they accumulated 97 points and in 2022 when they gained 92 points. Van Dijk suggested that City's players will face hostile treatment from opposing crowds as fans express their feelings about the rule-breaking. When Liverpool and City played at Anfield on Sunday, the Anfield crowd chanted that City were cheats, and Van Dijk said the players could not have failed to hear them.

How it is being reported

• Virgil van Dijk’s says views on ‘great rivalry’ with Man City have not changed despite guilty verdictThe Liverpool captain refused to comment on City’s off-field situation with the rival club appealing against the guilty verdict handed to them by an independent commission over breaching financial rulesIndependent Sport · 12 Oct, 12:12
• Virgil van Dijk warns Manchester City players to get used to hostile atmospheresLiverpool captain says players heard ‘cheat’ chants ‘I don’t think Anfield will be the only place’ Virgil van Dijk has suggested Manchester City’s treatment at the hands of the Liverpool crowd on Sunday was a sign of things to come and something their players will have to get used to. The Liverpool captain also indicated he would make his views known about City’s rule-breaking but said he wanted to wait until their appeal was completed. City were barracked throughout the game at Anfield , their first since they were found guilty of almost all the charges they faced in relation to breaking…The Guardian · 12 Oct, 12:00
• Liverpool's Virgil Van Dijk says when he will 'definitely comment' on Man City's guiltVirgil van Dijk has confessed he will break his silence on Manchester City's guilty verdict once the appeal is done and dusted having lost out to them numerous times in his Liverpool careerMirror Sport · 11 Oct, 22:33

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