Unai Emery claims ‘many clubs’ have ‘inflated their budgets’ as English football tries to adjust to its greatest modern scandal.Manchester City were found by a Premier League independent panel to have illegally pumped in more than £900million to swerve financial rules, thanks largely to their ownership group topping up commercial partnerships to the tune of £830.69m. The club have appealed against the verdict.Now Aston Villa boss Emery has become the first Premier League boss to comment on the matter. Asked by Spanish publication Diario de Sevilla what might be the effect on the English top flight, Emery said: ‘It’s an issue that was already known. Because we all have our restrictions, we have to sell players to comply with Financial Fair Play, we have to figure out how to draw up contracts with new people.‘Financial Fair Play seeks a financial balance so that what you generate is spent and there isn’t inflation. Yes, many other clubs have inflated their budgets, and now it’s coming to light, and naturally there’s a decline.‘That’s something that the courts and those responsible will have to decide. I feel sorry because how that team played. With Guardiola, there were times when they were unmatched.’Daily Mail Sport reported on Thursday that City would attempt to prove their innocence by arguing that the government of Abu Dhabi – rather than the club’s owners – part-funded ‘sham’ sponsorship deals. Unai Emery is the first Premier League boss to comment on Manchester Cuty’s guilty verdict City are set to appeal their guilty verdict of breaching ‘all charges related to serious breaches’ of the Premier League’s financial regulations Villa co-owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens are billionaires but the club are currently on the naughty step with UEFA for breaching financial regulations.Clubs’ spending power is linked to revenue and despite their owners’ wealth, Villa do not have the same flexibility as global brands like Liverpool or Manchester United.Villa are in Marbella, Spain, for a three-day training camp and were due to face Emery’s old club Sevilla in a friendly on Friday.