By Matt Lawton for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:31 GMT, 8 March 2019 | Updated: 00:28 GMT, 9 March 2019
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Liverpool chiefs are among a group of American owners in English football’s top flight who pushed the Premier League to join UEFA in investigating allegations of financial cheating by Manchester City.
On Thursday UEFA announced that they are investigating the English champions after the publication of leaked documents that point to possible breaches of Financial Fair Play regulations.
And on Friday the Premier League confirmed they are also investigating, issuing a statement explaining they had asked City for information while having an ongoing dialogue with the club.
Liverpool chiefs are among the American owners to have encouraged the Premier League to investigate allegations of financial cheating by Manchester City
Pressure on the Premier League to act has come principally from the American owners of clubs such as Liverpool and Crystal Palace. They came into English football from US sports where there has long been a culture of strict financial regulation.
The Americans with stakes in Premier League clubs — Manchester United, Arsenal, Fulham and Bournemouth as well as Liverpool and
