Manchester City are going through troubled and uncertain times, after being found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges relating to breaches of the Premier League's financial regulations. The sanctions are not yet known and the Citizens are expected to appeal, but several scenarios are already being put on the table.
One of them concerns the hypothesis - albeit remote - of Manchester City losing the titles won in the Premier League. The infringements considered in this process are between 2009 and 2018, but the possible scope of a potential punishment leads us to carry out an exercise: if City were left without the trophies, who would be the 'new' champions?
Looking at the seasons since 2009/10, the biggest beneficiaries would be Manchester United and Liverpool, who would add three titles each to their honours. Arsenal, meanwhile, would collect two more. It now remains to wait for further news to understand the consequences that could affect the Citizens.
Premier League champions since 2009... and what would change
2009/10 - Chelsea 2010/11 - Manchester United 2011/12 - Manchester City -> Manchester United 2012/13 - Manchester United 2013/14 - Manchester City -> Liverpool 2014/15 - Chelsea 2015/16 - Leicester 2016/17 - Chelsea 2017/18 - Manchester City -> Manchester United 2018/19 - Manchester City -> Liverpool 2019/20 - Liverpool 2020/21 - Manchester City -> Manchester United 2021/22 - Manchester City -> Liverpool 2022/23 - Manchester City -> Arsenal 2023/24 - Manchester City -> Arsenal 2024/25 - Liverpool 2025/26 - Arsenal