Former Manchester City captain Rodri insists he ‘believes in the club’ and their success cannot be taken away after they were found guilty of the vast majority of their Premier League rule break charges.Rodri, whose seven-year spell at Man City ended in the summer when he moved to Barcelona, became the first individual associated with the club to speak following the bombshell news on Friday.Daily Mail Sport understands Man City were found guilty of all but one of their 115 charges by an independent panel.The verdict could lead to a variety of punishments including huge points deductions, financial penalties and even relegation. Points deductions could even be applied onto previous seasons, raising the chance that City will be stripped of their Premier League titles.When asked about the verdict ahead of Spain’s Nations League match against England on Saturday, Rodri reiterated his belief Man City will be found innocent. Rodri has insisted Man City’s success cannot be taken away from them despite the club being found guilty of the majority their Premier League rule break charges The former Man City captain insisted he believes in the innocence of the club amid the verdictThe midfielder referenced a previous 2020 decision which saw Man City banned from the Champions League and fined by UEFA for a breach of financial rules, which was later lifted on appeal by the Court of Arbitration for Sport which also reduced the club’s fine to £9million. ‘We have faced something similar in 2020 if I remember correctly, a similar process, a different accusation but similar process.‘In the first instance we were found guilty but we believed in the club and the innocence the club maintained, and in the end we ended up being acquitted.‘I believe in the justice system and I believe in the innocence of the club.’When asked whether he had been given assurances by the club of their innocence, Rodri added: ‘They always tell us the confidence of their innocence and when you look in someone’s eyes and they are talking in that way – and we have the example of 2020 the process was the same and at the end nothing happened – we were very calm in this way.’We were never a team that was nervous about these kind of things. I am not going to say it is normal but some teams go through these situations and it is part of football today.’Everyone has to follow the rules and for me that’s great. They always expressed the confidence they never did anything wrong and we believe in that, and that’s the thing.’We will believe the club. I have been there and I know how they work and how they cooperate.’ Rodri insisted Man City’s success was ‘deserved’ and the result of hard work from the players and staffRodri won four Premier League titles, the Champions League, two FA Cups, three Carabao Cups and a FIFA Club World Cup during a glittering spell at Man City under Pep Guardiola.When asked whether he it hurt that Man City’s achievements have been questioned, Rodri insisted the success of the players and staff during that period cannot be taken away. ‘For us, the players, it is a different thing. For you guys there are all kinds of opinions but we always tried to think in a positive way,’ Rodri said.’When you live daily in that club and all the people that worked hard all these years to have all the success we have had, not only Pep [Guardiola] and the players, but from the owners to the guys that work daily, what we did they cannot take it out of us.’It is not something that is paid by money, it is paid with effort and partnership, being shoulder to shoulder every day.’We had a lot of success over the years and I can tell you that everything was deserved and I am glad I could live one of the best eras in English football.’Man City are set to appeal the verdict.A Manchester City spokesperson said: ‘The Premier League process remains ongoing, with significant elements to be completed, and subject to strict confidentiality. As such Manchester City FC’s position remains consistent with the Club’s statement of February 2023.’The Club has diligently respected due process for eight years on the basis that the Premier League Board and Executive would behave as an independent, impartial and fair-minded regulator, free from partisan influence.’ The club have maintained that they are innocent throughout the process and are expected to appealMan City, who have always strongly denied wrongdoing, were charged in February 2023 by the Premier League with a hearing concluding in December 2024. Their statement that February insisted that they were ‘surprised’ by the charges. The Premier League accused Man City of multiple breaches of financial rules and of failing to co-operate with a subsequent investigation. The alleged rule breaking was claimed to have taken place over a 14-year period. A three-man panel was tasked with considering the evidence, with the initial expectation a verdict would have been reached on the case within months. It has since taken three-and-a-half years. The original 115 charges were extended to a total of 130 after an administration issue in what is the most expensive and wide-ranging case in English football history.City remained steadfast in maintaining their innocence over more than 115 alleged breaches across eight years, some including the start of the Pep Guardiola era.The club were accused of failing to report accurate financial information for nine seasons stretching from 2009-10 to 2017-18, as well as failing to provide full details of former manager Roberto Mancini’s pay between 2009-10 and 2012-13.They were also alleged to have failed to provide full details of money paid to players between 2010-11 and 2015-16 and failing to co-operate with the probe from 2018 to 2023.