Clubs are reportedly exploring claims after Man City verdict – one of those, Liverpool, are first opponent in fallout.

Manchester City are preparing for their first football match since receiving a guilty verdict for multiple breaches of Premier League financial rules and – of course – their opponent on Sunday is one of the clubs that hold grievances over their losses during the seasons in question.

Liverpool’s Anfield crowd is expected to deliver an angry reception for the Premier League clash, and City manager Enzo Maresca and his players must prepare for the backlash to continue throughout the game itself.

City have protested their innocence and have appealed the verdict that went against them on more than 100 charges of financial wrongdoing.

Still, the scandal remains the biggest in the history of club football’s richest, most competitive and most popular league, and the backlash from the stands is likely to linger long after any appeal outcome or potential punishments are finalised.

The current crop of players and staff are quite simply going to have to face the music for charges that stretch from 2009 to 2018.

The fact that their opening match after the international window, when the guilty verdict was delivered, is at Anfield is something that a scriptwriter may even pause to think is outlandish.

“If they want an understanding of how angry the game ⁠is going to be, then Anfield will tell them like you would never believe,” former Manchester United captain and England defender Gary Neville declared recently on The Overlap podcast.

“I suspect there may be banners, there will certainly be chanting. There will be a reception like you have never seen for them at Anfield… it will be a brutal day.”

Of all the clubs that finished second best to City since the Abu Dhabi buyout, Liverpool will argue that they have been among the hardest hit.

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