Oasis star Noel Gallagher expresses ‘shock’ over Manchester City breach verdict
Noel Gallagher Oasis star and longtime Manchester City fan has described his “shock” after learning that the football club was found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching Premier League financial rules.
News broke on Friday that City had been found guilty on all but one of the 115 charges laid by the Premier League in February 2023, charges the club have always strenuously denied.
Gallagher said he felt “quite sad” for the fans and the players.
Speaking on the Let Me Talk podcast, he said he was “surprised, because … the club have assured us all along that they vehemently denied any of these charges.”
Noel continued, “So, it was a bit of a shock to find out that we’ve been found guilty of all but one. But really overall, just quite sad really. Sad for the fans and for the players.”
When asked if it changes the context of moments like Sergio Aguero’s title-winning goal in 2012, Gallagher added, “Our focus as fans is always on the pitch and we know what we saw – they won it on the pitch.”
“Whatever goes on in the boardroom, it’s nothing to do with the supporters or the players. The players won that game and won that title on the pitch,” he said, adding, “Whether some of those players should have been there or not, that’s nothing to do with the fans. We were there, we know what we saw.”
“Does it taint it? I suppose in the eyes of everybody else in England it would, but I know what I saw and I know what I felt,” Noel expressed.
The football fan is best known for fronting the Britpop band Oasis, alongside his brother Liam Gallagher.
The group’s hit song Wonderwall became the unofficial anthem for England fans at the 2026 Fifa World Cup, with supporters belting out the lyrics to the team up until the semi-final stage where they were knocked out by Argentina.
Oasis put an end to their long hiatus last year for their Live 25 tour, which sold out within minutes of tickets going on sale.
They recently announced a follow-up 38-show Live 27 world tour which included dates at Knebworth, marking 30 years since their initial gigs at the Hertfordshire park.
