Nigeria, Sept. 30 -- Manchester City's remarkable rise up the English football league has been undermined by their admission that they broke premier league financial regulations

The case has been cast on the money that made Manchester City transform from a team that had not tasted major success since 1970s to one of the most successful football clubs in the world

Between 2009 and 2018, they spent about £1.2 billion on players and won7 major trophies including 3 Premier League titles, an FA Cup and 3 League Cups.

Some of their historic players were bought in the period, with Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and Fernandinho being some of them bought as they built a squad that would challenge ...