Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham get biggest Man City 115 charges verdict yet as agreement reached

Premier League clubs have been given the biggest verdict yet on Manchester City's 115 charges.

On Tuesday, Pep Guardiola agreed a new one-year contract with City. Questions had been asked as to whether or not Pep would leave the club, especially with the hearing for the 115 charges going on. Now with the Spaniard signing on until 2026, it can give other clubs an idea as to how the hearing is going.

If City were to be found guilty, there could be a range of punishments. These includes fines, point deductions and even relegation. Many had assumed that Guardiola was holding off on contract talks in case City did get penalised severely and relegated.

Although the Premier League champions have been battling off the field, their play on the pitch has also been a struggle lately. In Guardiola's entire managerial career, he had never lost four matches on the bounce until City did so recently.

The Spanish manager putting pen to paper might just be what City needed in both their battles. Although Guardiola won't speak a word as to how the hearing regarding the 115 charges is going, there is the sense that the new deal points to City avoiding the most serve on punishments.

Tottenham are the first team that City will face after Guardiola's new contract. They themselves are having legal troubles, with Rodrigo Bentancur being handed a seven-match ban for comments he made about his South Korean teammate Son Hueng-min, with Spurs set to appeal.

A fresh spark at the Etihad is exactly what Chelsea and Arsenal don't want. The Blues have had a much better start to the season compared to last year, sitting four points off City in third. Arsenal have the same gap to the Premier League champions, but they sit in fourth with a worse goal difference.

Arsenal and Spurs will particularly be hoping that Guardiola's new contract is not exactly correlated to the hearing. It is understood that the North London rivals, along with Manchester United and Liverpool, have all reserved the right to press for compensation should City be found guilty.