Man City charges LIVE: Andy Burnham warning sent as Pep Guardiola set to return

Hello and welcome to Mirror Football's Manchester City Premier League charges live blog.

Andy Burnham has been warned that the chairman of the Independent Football Regulator, David Kogan, would resign if he came under political pressure over the City charges case.

Pep Guardiola is also set for a return to Etihad Stadium tonight. City's former manager is due to attend City's Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain.

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Andy Burnham had dinner with City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak at Etihad Stadium twice while Manchester mayor, according to The Sun.

Those meetings are reportedly detailed in a register of interests that Burnham allegedly signed on December 7 2020, which has since been removed from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority's website. He is said to have accepted almost £1,200 in freebies funded by City.

Abu Dhabi and City being weakened by any sanctions from their Premier League charges would not be welcomed by Paris Saint-Germain and Qatar, according to Raphaël Le Magoariec, who teaches at the University of Tours with a specialism in Gulf countries and their sport policies,

Manchester City are playing their first match at Etihad Stadium tonight since being found guilty by an independent commission of breaching the Premier League's financial rules.

Paris Saint-Germain are their opponents in the Champions League, and Pep Guardiola is set to be in attendance for the first time since leaving at the end of last season. Andy Burnham is in the spotlight over his visits to the Etihad Stadium after reportedly attending two dinners with City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak during his first term as the mayor of Greater Manchester.