Manchester City’s long-running financial case has reached a potentially defining moment for the Premier League, and David Lynch believes the consequences should be severe.

Speaking to Dave Davis on Anfield Index’s Media Matters podcast, Lynch discussed reports that Manchester City had been found guilty on virtually all of the charges brought against them by the Premier League. At the time of recording, the official verdict had not been released, something both contributors made clear, but reports suggested City had been found guilty on 114 of 115 charges.

For Lynch, the scale of the reported decision changes the entire conversation.

“An absolute bombshell,” he said. “The initial award has gone against them and not just kind of slightly gone against them, it’s gone against them heavily and it’s a long way back for them from here.”

Much of the discussion centred on what should happen if the reported verdict survives Manchester City’s expected appeal.

“I think expulsion from the Premier League,” he told Davis. “I think expulsion, I think I would love for the EFL to say that they wouldn’t accept them as well.”

He went even further when considering the ownership of Manchester City and the potential consequences of the findings.

“I would love for their ownership to be called into question and, you know, whether they should pass the owners and directors test given the industrial level scale of the cheating here.”