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Manchester City have been charged by the Premier League with breaching financial rules over 100 times from 2009-18 - leading to calls for the club's achievements in that time to be airbrushed from history.
English top flight chiefs allege that City, who won three Premier League titles during that period, broke a series of regulations in relation to revenue, details of manager and player remuneration, UEFA rules, profitability and sustainability and co-operation with Premier League investigations.
The club maintain their innocence and expressed their 'surprise' at the charges in a statement on Monday, with the matter now set to be referred to an independent commission.
However, many are already calling for City to be stripped of their various titles from that period in light of the charges - and if that extreme punishment ever came to fruition it would alter the history books significantly.
Sportsmail has taken a look at what would have happened in the Premier League if City were deducted 20 points for each of the nine seasons in question, with Steven Gerrard and Jose Mourinho amongst the biggest winners...
Man City have been charged by Premier League with breaking financial rules over 100 times
Many feel City's achievements from 2009-18 should be airbrushed from history, and Sportsmail has taken a look at what would have happened if they were docked points
2009-10
1. Chelsea (C) - 86 PTS
2. Man United - 85 PTS
3. Arsenal - 75 PTS
4. Tottenham - 70 PTS
10. Man City - 47 PTS
The first of those seasons would not have impacted matters at the top of the Premier League too drastically, as City missed out on a place in the top four by the skin of their teeth anyway.
A penultimate 1-0 defeat at home to Tottenham saw Roberto Mancini's men beaten to Champions League qualification by the north London side, but had points been deducted they would have been without European football altogether.
City would have finished down in 10th had 20 points been taken that year, costing them a place in the following season's Europa League.
Peter Crouch's winner meant City missed out on the top four in the first season in question
Roberto Mancini's side sealed qualification to the Champions League the next year
2010-11
1. Man United (C) - 80 PTS
2. Chelsea - 71 PTS
3. Arsenal - 68 PTS
4. Tottenham - 62 PTS
8. Man City - 51 PTS
After the heartbreak of the previous campaign City wrapped up Champions League qualification for the first time in their history this time around, finishing third in the Premier League behind second-place Chelsea on goal difference.
Should they have been docked points, the Manchester club would have missed out on European football again all the way down in eighth.
Their punishment would have been music to the ears of Tottenham, who move up to the holy grail of fourth-place and seal a second straight Champions League spot in this hypothetical league table.
But a 20-point deduction would have seen Spurs snatch a place in the top four once again
2011-12
1. Man United (C) - 89 PTS
2. Arsenal - 70 PTS
3. Man City - 69 PTS (+64 GD)
4. Tottenham - 69 PTS (+25 GD)
By far the most important season of the lot, City ended their 44-year wait to become champions in quite literally the most dramatic way possible in 2011-12, with two stoppage-time goals on the final day against QPR snatching the title back from neighbours United just when all hope seemed lost.
Yet with the points deduction in play, that iconic late victory - and Sergio Aguero's famous strike at the death - would mean all but nothing.
In this scenario City would have only beaten Spurs to third place on goal difference, with Champions League qualification already safe regardless of the result against QPR, and the Premier League's greatest ever moment would be no more...
Sergio Aguero's last-gasp winner against QPR crowned City champions at the death in 2011-12
But that famous Aguero goal would mean all but nothing with a points penalty in
