UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham Insists He Hasn't Downplayed Manchester City Guilty Verdict
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33-second readElliot Anderson joined Man City from Nottingham Forest this summer. Manchester City ’s financial case has had a political dimension from the outset, and that element has been impossible to ignore since the Premier League announced a guilty verdict last week.
Now, the man at the centre of the latest controversial thread has now sought to set the record straight. Andy Burnham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and former mayor of Greater Manchester, has faced persistent questions over his handling of the saga.
Commentators initially jumped on his suggestion that City’s owners would be a big loss to the Manchester area should they be forced to sell up, and some inferred that Burnham may step in to influence proceedings.
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has rejected the suggestion that he made light of Manchester City’s guilty verdict, insisting the case's football issues kept separate from any broader investment questions.
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