Football regulator chair says watchdog has power to force Manchester City sale

The regulator's chair said the watchdog holds "absolute power" to force Manchester City's owners to sell if the club is found to have been run improperly.

• An independent commission found Manchester City guilty of circumventing Premier League rules through "sham" commercial deals that inflated revenues or cut costs by over £900m.
• City has lodged an appeal against the verdict, saying it contains "clear material errors, of law, principle and fact."
• David Kogan, the IFR chair, said the watchdog has "absolute power" to force Sheikh Mansour to sell if the club is run improperly.
• Kogan said action was premature while the appeal is ongoing and pledged to resign over any political interference in a possible IFR investigation.