Could only read the first para, but I gather that it's not just top six clubs. So City can't claim their usual bollocks about a historic 'clique' of top clubs wanting them to fail/arrayed against them.
FOOTBALL
Rival Premier League clubs demand action on Man City over financial fair play
Paul Joyce, Martyn Ziegler
March 8 2019, 12:01am,
The Times
At least a dozen top-flight clubs are planning to write to the Premier League to ask what action they intend to take over alleged breaches of financial fair play by Manchester City. In an unprecedented move, the clubs intend to call on the Premier League to clarify its position over the accusations.
The Times understands that a majority of clubs are already on board with the proposal and more were being asked to sign up last night. The development illustrates how scepticism over City’s practices permeates beyond their immediate top-six rivals.
The news comes as Uefa yesterday announced a formal investigation into alleged financial fair play violations by City, stemming from information released in the Football Leaks data cache, but which the club strongly deny. The Football Leaks website was set up in 2015 to reveal alleged corruption in football and has supplied documents to several European news outlets over the past four years. The Times has learnt that Uefa has contacted France’s financial prosecutor seeking access to millions of Football Leaks documents.
Meanwhile, the latest leaked files suggest City discussed a plan to pay Jadon Sancho’s family £225,000 before recruiting the England star when he was a 14-year-old at Watford’s academy. City dismissed as “entirely false” accusations they may have flouted FFP rules.
Their statement said: “Manchester City welcomes a formal Uefa investigation to bring an end to the speculation resulting from the illegal hacking and out of context publication of City emails.
“The accusation of financial irregularities are entirely false. The club’s published accounts are complete and a matter of legal and regulatory record.”
Uefa’s club financial control body said its investigation would “focus on alleged violations of FFP that were made public in various media outlets”.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rival-premier-league-clubs-demand-action-on-man-city-over-financial-fair-play-ltwz3tnf7