The problem is that the people charging them are trying to attack them with all of the charges in one lump which means that it’s taking so much longer to get anywhere and Citeh can throw money-shaped barricades and obstacles in the way to drag the process out…
if they just hit them with 5 charges every year built on cast iron cases until all the charges had been dealt with, even if City weren’t relegated - if each guilty charge came with a ban from European competition, a transfer embargo and a 5 point deduction, that would stop them winning any meaningful trophies and would cripple them financially - they wouldn’t be able to afford the wages or the massive fees without European football and the house that the Mansours built would crumble back into that worthless cesspit called Moss Side where they **** belong in the first place…