Premier Leagues executives are bracing themselves for the Manchester City case to go on longer than two years without a resolution, as clubs representatives gather for what is set to be a tense competition meeting at the end of this week.
It is meanwhile not automatic that expulsion would mean going into the Championship if the alleged breaches of financial rules were proven, as that would require the English Football League to change their rules and could see the Abu Dhabi project face a humiliating climb through the divisions.
