Guardiola 'happy' hearing over Man City charges starts soon

Manchester City head Pep Guardiola is "happy" that a proceeding into nan 115 charges facing nan nine will statesman soon.

An independent disciplinary committee is group to perceive nan lawsuit against City complete alleged breaches of Premier League financial rules, pinch immoderate making love backmost to 2009.

BBC Sport understands nan proceeding is group to commencement successful September pinch nan consequence perchance known early adjacent year, arsenic first reported by the Times, external.

City person denied each charges and opportunity they are supported by a "body of irrefutable evidence".

"I americium happy it starts soon and hopefully it finishes soon for nan use of each of us," Guardiola said.

"Especially for nan nine but for each nan different Premier League clubs, for illustration for each nan group that don't hold for nan sentence.

"I wish from heavy successful my bosom to spell to nan trial, nan independent sheet - and I opportunity it again, independent sheet - and arsenic soon arsenic imaginable merchandise what happened, and we will judge for illustration ever we person done."

Guardiola dismissed nan thought that nan business astir nan proceeding could impact City's performances connected nan pitch.

"No, we person been 3 aliases 4 years talking astir that," he added.

It is now 18 months since City were charged, pursuing a four-year investigation, and Premier League main executive Richard Masters precocious told BBC Sport "it is clip now for nan lawsuit to resoluteness itself".

In a abstracted ineligible case, City are besides taking action against nan Premier League complete nan organisation's tightened rules connected 'fair' sponsorship deals, pinch an result expected successful nan adjacent fewer weeks.