The pressure on Manchester City intensified last night after Uefa and the Premier League agreed to share information from their separate inquiries into alleged manipulation of sponsorship money. Uefa’s independent club financial control body is looking into allegations that £59.5 million that was supposed to have come to the club in 2015 from Etihad airline was instead paid directly by the club’s owners, the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG).

Premier League officials are also looking into claims published by the German magazine Der Spiegel and it is understood that discussions have taken place with Uefa. Both organisations have disclosed what their inquiries have revealed and an agreement was made that future information will be shared. Uefa’s investigation is into whether the alleged manipulation, revealed in