Manchester City are said to be looking at a points deduction as high as three figures if they are found guilty of alleged Premier League financial rule breaches, it has been claimed.

City manager Pep Guardiola acknowledged earlier this month that the club expects to learn the outcome soon. "In one month, I think there will be a verdict and the sentence," he said during a press conference on 7 February.

The independent commission that heard the charges between September and December last year has unlimited power to punish the City, including deducting points. That is the precedent from far more minor charges Everton and Nottingham Forest faced, being docked eight and four points last season for breaching Premier League profit and sustainability rules.

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Appearing on the Tear Us Apart podcast, football finance expert Kieran Maguire addressed the potential punishment. "It has to be a points deduction – if found guilty," he said. "We are looking at a points deduction somewhere in the region of 60 to 100 points."

"The other thing that would happen is that the board of directors at Manchester City effectively would be proven to be liars and misrepresenting the state of the football club to the authorities; I don't see how they can keep their jobs. Certainly we saw in the case of Juventus, who have done something similar [to what City are charged with] that the whole board of directors had to resign."

As alluded to by Maguire, the entire Juventus board, including president Andrea Agnelli and vice-president Pavel Nedved, resigned in November 2022 ahead of the Italian club receiving a 15-point deduction the following January. That ultimately became a 10-point penalty.

City's board includes chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Martin Edelman, Simon Pearce, John MacBeath, Alberto Galassi and Abdulla Khouri. The club, though, strongly deny all 130 charges.