Pep Guardiola and Manchester City may now be in even more trouble, with reports suggesting new leaked emails could prove damning amid the side's Financial Fair Play (FFP) charges.
The Citizens were charged for 115 separate breaches of the Premier League's FFP regulations in February last year, but have publicly declared their innocence in the ongoing case.
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However, with the side having to face a hearing scheduled to take place in November, new information handed in by Portuguese activist, whistle-blower and creator of Football Leaks Rui Pinto in 2018 is believed to be part of the evidence.
The Citizens have encountered the hacker before, when his previous leaks resulted in the club being slapped with a two-year European ban and a fine of nearly £25 million (R572 million) by UEFA in 2020 for breaking financial restrictions.
City, however, managed to get that suspension overturned.
The 2022/23 treble-winners are now seemingly on the verge of suffering another setback as new information which Pinto claims has "criminal relevancy" has been handed to the authorities.
The 35-year-old hacker, who has been in a witness protection programme since 2020, confirmed during a video link with the OffShore-Alert Marbella Conference that he has more documents regarding the Manchester outfit.
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"The Man City releases showed amounts of money being paid into by the club that were not mentioned to the football authorities," Pinto said, per Football365.
"These documents form part of the Premier League investigation into City.
"I have now handed five hard drives to French and German authorities with millions of documents, including more on City and I have described what is on each.
"I am confident they will find criminal relevancy."
One of the Portuguese's legal representatives has stated that they have been approached by authorities requesting the unreleased information, and although it is yet to be released, the representative promised that "the files will be published at some point".
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It has further been claimed that the emails on the hacker's hard drive contains information that would prove the club were deliberately breaching FFP regulations.
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