Manchester City's Premier League rivals are reportedly pushing for the club to face both retrospective and future punishments, according to BBC News.
With the long-running investigation into City's finances still unresolved, several clubs are understood to be of the view that any sanctions handed down should not simply address past breaches but should also carry consequences going forward, ensuring the club does not emerge unscathed from a process that has dragged on for years.
Details remain limited at this stage, with BBC News not specifying which clubs are driving the calls or what form such sanctions might take. The case centres on more than 100 alleged breaches of Premier League financial rules by City, charges the club has always denied and vowed to fight.
Given the scale of the allegations and the precedent any ruling could set, rival clubs are said to want assurances that City cannot simply absorb a penalty and move on unaffected, insisting the punishment must have teeth both now and in the future.