Man City reject Premier League request and stunned by suggestion amid 115 charges

Manchester City were asked by Premier League content creators if they would collaborate with a comedian who has previously mocked Pep Guardiola, it has been claimed.

But City have politely declined the bizarre request while the wait for a verdict on the 115 charges brought by the league against the club because of alleged financial misdemeanours drags on.

The Daily Mail report that City were "flabbergasted" after Premier League content staff suggested they combine with comic Conor Moore.

Irishman Moore has also previously imitated Roy Keane in viral clips and in one video in which he wears a bald cap and grey Puma jumper, he pokes fun at Guardiola and the charges laid against City.

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Moore pretends to be Guardiola fending questions at a press conference and is asked if he has made any new signings. "We know in the last few days we have to reinforce and we have done that, especially on our bench," he says. "We have signed four barristers, eight lawyers and a judge."

Neither the club nor Premier League have commented but, according to the Mail, “Moore’s mickey-taking over the issue that has rocked football ‘slipped through the net’ at the Premier League end.”

There remains no indication of an imminent ruling into the charges against City for offences that could, if proven, see the club kicked out of the Premier League - despite the hearing finishing several months ago.

Several suggested dates of a decision being announced have passed by without any development and there is an expectation that appeals will be lodged delaying an outcome further.

City enter the new season with a revamped midfield as they look to grasp the Premier League trophy back from the hands of rivals Liverpool. Guardiola’s squad has had £120.5m of investment already this summer - though that is some way shy of the £195m plundered by Arsenal and the reigning champions’ £300m outlay.

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