How Manchester City's 114 charges affected Everton as legal action planned
Everton will be keeping a keen eye on the situation surrounding Manchester City at the moment.
The Citizens were found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges that were posed against them, as the independent commissions verdict was leaked.
The Blues sold Iliman Ndiaye to Enzo Maresca's side earlier this summer, but they may be about to benefit financially again after the decision.
Much of the focus has been on how the Blues £40million fine that they have to pay Burnley sets a precedent for City's punishment.
However, most of that analysis fails to look at how the Toffees were affected by City's financial breaches.
Goodison News takes a look at what happened to the Hill Dickinson Stadium side on the pitch as a result of the violations.
How did Manchester City's breaches harm Everton?
Everton missed out on Europe several times as a result of City's actions from the period of the charges, 2009 to 2018.
They missed out on the Europa League third qualifying round in the 2009-10 season, when City finished fifth.
The 2012-13 season saw the Merseysiders narrowly miss the Europa League play-off stages as they finished in sixth place, with City in second position.
In the 2013-14 campaign, when City won the title, Roberto Martinez's side secured Europa League group stage qualification, but it could have been Champions League.
The 2015-16 season saw the Blues lose 4–3 on aggregate to City in the League Cup semi-finals, and they could have got into Europe again if they had won the final.
Finally, in the 2017-18 campaign, the Toffees finished eighth and missed out on Europa League Second qualifying round by one place, with Pep Guardiola's side as champions.
Why Everton and others could be about to benefit as legal action eyed
David Ornstein revealed on 25 September that Premier League clubs are planning legal action against the Eithad Stadium side.
He stated that several teams have had lawyers working to find out what they may be owed, and are talking to each other about the situation.
He claimed that discussions are now intensifying after the verdict emerged, but any action will only happen after the appeals process.
The L3 outfit were not mentioned in the report, no clubs were, but they are surely entitled to a chunk of the pie, given the impact that City's rule-breaking affected them.
They lost out on significant revenue and extra prize money from Europe and the Premier League in that timeframe, so they have to be one of the first in line.