City's appeal to be decided by January 27, 2027; independent panel to review

The City football club will learn the outcome of its appeal by January 27, 2027, as a new independent committee of three legal experts, with no football connections, reviews the case. The panel will not retry the case or accept new evidence, only checking for errors of law, fact, or principle. This is a procedural update in an ongoing legal process, with the specific nature of the underlying dispute not disclosed.