{"id":35651,"date":"2026-09-30T16:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/manchester-city-charges-business-as-usual-for-womens-team-says-andree-jeglertz\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:25:11","slug":"manchester-city-charges-business-as-usual-for-womens-team-says-andree-jeglertz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/manchester-city-charges-business-as-usual-for-womens-team-says-andree-jeglertz\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City charges: &#8216;Business as usual&#8217; for women&#8217;s team, says Andree Jeglertz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester City manager Andree Jeglertz did not comment on whether he had received assurances that the women&#8217;s team would not be impacted after the club was found guilty of Premier League financial breaches.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jeglertz, who joined City last summer, said it was &#8220;business as usual&#8221; and when asked about how the women&#8217;s team could be affected, added: &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to comment more around that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There were seven questions in total posed to Jeglertz relating to the charges before Manchester City&#8217;s press officer requested the media moved away from it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The club has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/c63reg93xwzro\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">found guilty of all charges<\/a> related to breaches of Premier League financial rules between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Premier League said City arranged &#8220;sham contracts&#8221; with a number of commercial partners as part of a scheme to disguise secret funding of more than \u00a3830m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The club continue to deny any wrongdoing and have until 2 October to submit an appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The women&#8217;s team were the first representatives of the club to address the media since the guilty charges were confirmed by the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is still unknown what impact the charges could have on the women&#8217;s team, though BBC Sport understands there is no active investigation taking place from WSL Football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The charges, which were breaches of Premier League rules, are different financial regulations to the WSL and they came at a time when the women&#8217;s league was under the governing body of the Football Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There is no suggestion so far that any WSL opponents have expressed concern for City&#8217;s charges, or whether they believe it has helped the women&#8217;s team progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">City defender Jade Rose said the women&#8217;s players had received &#8220;the same messaging the public has&#8221; from the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When asked about the charges raising any concerns for the players, she added: &#8220;I&#8217;m just here to talk about the football. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re focusing on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The team took part in an open training session earlier on Wednesday morning and there did not appear to be any changes to their routine or behaviour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Therese Sjogran, director of women&#8217;s football at Manchester City, was in attendance for training, as she often is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There were a few additional media in attendence for Jeglertz and Rose&#8217;s press conference to preview their Women&#8217;s Champions League game against Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jeglertz responded to former men&#8217;s manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/ckrerg4n2v82o\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Pep Guardiola&#8217;s statement<\/a> on social media, which voiced his support for the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Asked whether Jeglertz also stood beside the club, he said: &#8220;Definitely. I am working at the club now so that&#8217;s who I am hired by and working with, so, for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jeglertz also said he did not find it more challenging to prepare for Thursday&#8217;s game despite the noise surrounding the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think so. We have been training like normal and doing the work we can do to affect the game,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We haven&#8217;t changed anything, we have just kept on doing everything we normally do. Definitely the thing the club has been presented, is the information we have inside of our group. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We can&#8217;t talk about anything else and we don&#8217;t need to talk about anything else at the moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jeglertz added that he was not frustrated by the negative media attention despite City&#8217;s strong start to their WSL campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The defending champions currently have 12 points from their opening four matches in the WSL and are top of the table.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They face Real Madrid on Wednesday (20:00 BST) in their second Women&#8217;s Champions League league phase match, having drawn their opener against Bayern Munich last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/c6kgxrr94dyno?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City manager Andree Jeglertz did not comment on whether he had received assurances that the women&#8217;s team would not be impacted after the club was found guilty of Premier League financial breaches. 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