Ian Wright brings up 115 charges and makes the point about Man City and Liverpool that everyone was missing.

Ian Wright has maintained that until the 115 allegations against Pep Guardiola’s team are settled, it is hard to draw comparisons between Liverpool and Manchester City.

The legendary football player Ian Wright accurately described the “elephant in the room” while drawing a comparison between Manchester City and Liverpool. He thinks it is useless to compare the two teams until the 115 allegations against City are settled.

Man City was accused of 115 violations of the Premier League’s financial regulations in February of last year. These accusations cover the period from 2009 until the current campaign, when City won the Champions League, three FA Cups, and seven titles. Non-cooperation with the investigation is the subject of the more recent charges.

Liverpool, which has only won one Premier League title, has been its biggest challenger in recent years. Wright is reluctant to name one manager as the greatest, even if Pep Guardiola of Manchester City and Jürgen Klopp of the Reds have more trophies between them.

He underlined during his Monday Night Football appearance that the charges’ circumstances must be resolved first. The hearing’s date is still pending, and the Arsenal player believes it is hard to determine who is a better manager until a decision is made.

He said to Sky Sports, “You look at the trophy haul and you have to say that Pep’s done very well.” “However, when you consider how Klopp assembled that team and how long it took them to get there, you can see what he did to attempt to catch Manchester City.

“You have to admit, even though Pep’s actions may have been simpler, Klopp still needs a lot of support. Regarding the trophies, it is visible to all, but discussing City would be incomplete without mentioning the 115 charges that surround them.

To be able to show the manager and the squad the affection they deserve, it is the one thing I would give anything to remove. It feels like there is an elephant in the room when you talk about them.”

“You want to talk about them and this rivalry without acknowledging that it’s unfair to the players and the team. They would benefit more from that being eliminated as quickly as possible, but you can’t ignore the quantity of trophies and claim that Guardiola hasn’t improved.”

The Premier League has appointed an impartial panel to consider the allegations, therefore we are unsure of when City will be judged. Nevertheless, league executives declared that the commission would remain private after the charges list was made public. According to information obtained by The Daily Mail, a likely verdict is anticipated in the summer of 2025, assuming no delays. A tentative date has been established for later this year.

For its part, Manchester City hasn’t wavered in its conviction that it will ultimately turn out to be innocent. When the allegations were first announced, the current champion stated that it was caught off guard.

“Manchester City FC is surprised by the issuing of these alleged breaches of the Premier League Rules, particularly given the extensive engagement and vast amount of detailed materials that the EPL has been provided with,” according to a statement released by the club. “The Club is pleased that an independent Commission will be reviewing this issue and objectively weighing the substantial amount of unquestionable information that the Club has to offer to support its position. We therefore anticipate that this issue will be resolved once and for all.”

Liverpool.com comments: Wright deserves credit for going all out and doing a fantastic job because we weren’t anticipating any reference of the charges from Sky Sports during their discussion of this increasingly thrilling title fight. The Klopp vs. Guardiola debate cannot be fully addressed until the charges are settled, as we have already stated.

We would modestly deviate from Wright in the event that it is determined that Manchester City was not responsible for the breaches. Even in that case, it’s not as simple as Guardiola emerging as the ‘winner’ of the era and taking home all the accolades that go along with it; whether or not the spending is judged to be legal, there’s no getting around the fact that the Etihad organisation was founded with a lot more resources, and everything Klopp has accomplished with Liverpool has been done at a disadvantage.

Nevertheless, it’s good to have a commentator raise the issue that most people prefer to ignore. It’s undoubtedly embarrassing for the Premier League to be accused of serial cheating at the same time as its reigning champion, but it really doesn’t make sense to talk about the success without the accusations.