Rodri breaks silence on Man City’s guilty verdict as he becomes first player to speak out about 115 charges

RODRI declared no one can strip Manchester City of their titles and said he still believes they are innocent. That is despite his former club being found guilty on a bombshell 114 of the 115 charges leveled against them by the Premier League. City have always denied any wrongdoing and will appeal the verdict. Rodri won four Premier League titles, five domestic cups and the Champions League under Pep Guardiola, but insists their silverware was not won with money. The Spain international cited the club’s 2020 Court of Arbitration for Sport case, in which a two-year Uefa ban for breaching Financial Fair Play rules was overturned, as a reason to believe the club are innocent. Rodri said: “We faced something similar in 2020, a similar judicial process.A different accusation but similar process. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL “There as well in the first instance we were found guilty but we believed in the club and the innocence that the club maintained and in the end we were acquitted. “I believe in the justice system and I believe in the innocence of the club. “What we did, they cannot take it out of us. It is something that is not paid by money, it is paid with effort, partnership and being shoulder to shoulder every day. “We had a lot of success over the years and here at Wembley so I can tell you everything was deserved and we had one of the best eras of English football.” Most read in Sport BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS What were Man City charged with? MAN CITY have been found guilty of all but one of the 115 charges they were initially hit with. Those charges were upped to 130 and fit into the following six categories… - Failing to give accurate financial information over sponsorship revenue, related parties and operating costs between 2009-10 and 2017/18. Total charges: 50 - Failing to provide full details of managerial remuneration between 2009/10 and 2012/13. Total charges 8 - Failing to provide full details of player remuneration between 2010/11 and 2015/16. Total charges 12 - Failing to comply with Uefa Licencing and Financial Fair Play regulations between 2013/14 and 2017/18. Total charges 5 - Breaching Premier League Profitability and Sustainability rules between 2015/16 and 2017/18. Total charges 25 - Failing to co-operate with the Premier League investigation between 2018/19 and 2022/23. Total charges 30 - Total charges: 130 He added: “For us the players it is a different thing than for you guys. I can understand the opinions, it is something that now is big. “We always tried to think in a positive way, when you live that club daily and the people who have worked hard all these years to have all the success we had. “Not only Pep and the players but all the structure, the owners to the guys who worked daily. “They always told us the confidence they have of their innocence. When you look into someone’s eyes talking that way… “We have the example of 2020 when the process was the same and nothing happened. “We were very calm in this way, you never saw the team nervous about these kind of things. “I am not saying it is normal but some teams go through these situations. It is part of football that you have to follow the rules, which is great. “They always expressed the confidence that they never did something wrong and we believed in that. “Until the moment they are proved wrong we will believe the club and I have been there, I know how they work and how they co-operate so that is what I can tell you.” Rodri joined City from Atletico Madrid in 2019 and made 298 appearances for the club before leaving for Spanish champions Barcelona this summer. Man City GUILTY of Premier League breaches ALL the latest reaction to Man City being found GUILTY.. - LIVE BLOG – Latest news on Man City - Club face MASS EXODUS of players - Manchester United could be awarded TWO titles - Rival fans have been rejoicing at the news - The full list of punishments that City could face - Man City relegation odds HALVED - Enzo Maresca posts bizarre feet pic as news breaks - Steven Gerrard could FINALLY get a title