Jamie Carragher believes Manchester City should be stripped of the titles they won during the years they have been found guilty of financial breaches - and says the club's owners should be removed from their positions. City have been found guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of Premier League financial rules by an independent commission. The club continue to deny the breaches, with chief executive Ferran Soriano calling the process a "Premier League conspiracy theory" in a video message to players and staff.
The club have confirmed they will appeal against the ruling and have until Friday October 2 to do so. During the period between the 2009/10 season and 2017/18 season, City won three Premier League titles, one FA Cup, three League Cups and one Community Shield. "I do think Manchester City's titles they've won in this time, or trophies, should be taken off their list," Sky Sports pundit Carragher said.
However, Carragher is less convinced whether those honours should then be passed onto teams and players who finished second to City in those competitions. Ultimately, he says, the most important part of winning in football - the feeling at the time - has been taken from those players, clubs and their fans by City's actions. "Whether other clubs should get them is slightly different," said Carragher.
"But what Manchester City have done is, they've not just hurt their own players in terms of no one looks at their trophies and medals now in the same way... "I've been very lucky to win a few medals. I never look at the medal years later.
But my mind goes back to a moment, I get a feeling in my stomach. I remember the referee blowing a final whistle of a big game. "Those players will never get that feeling and it was robbed by Manchester City.
That's what they haven't got. I don't think any player will care if you go and give them a medal, and he puts it in the house, in his trophy room, he'll never look at it. "It's not about medals, it's about feelings, and that's what Manchester City have robbed." Carragher says while he expects Man City as a club to be punished, the owners must pay for their involvement by losing their leadership roles.
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