Canada coach Jesse Marsch has called for Manchester City to face severe punishment after the club was found guilty of serious Premier League financial-rule breaches covering nine seasons from 2009-10 to 2017-18. The league alleged that sham commercial contracts helped inflate revenue and understate costs by more than £900 million ($1.19 billion). City denies wrongdoing, says the independent commission ruling contains material errors of law, principle and fact, and filed an appeal on Thursday. Marsch, who managed Leeds United from 2022 to 2023, said his experience in England convinced him there were inconsistencies in City's operations, citing Leeds' profitable 2022 sales of Raphinha to Barcelona and Kalvin Phillips to City, as well as City's £52 million signing of Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund. The appeal will be heard privately by an independent three-member board. Potential sanctions include fines, points deductions and other sporting penalties, with relegation or title removal also discussed; it remains unclear whether any punishment would be imposed before the appeal is decided.