Following Manchester City's finding guilty of 114 of 115 charges, punishment seems imminent with relegation odds at plus-170 (about 37% chance). Staff writer Ryan O'Hanlon explores a hypothetical expansion draft scenario. The draft order was based on collective points from the past four seasons, with Hull City selecting Erling Haaland as the consensus best player, followed by Coventry City taking Rayan Cherki, and Ipswich Town potentially selecting Jérémy Doku.
The article outlines potential punishments including transfer bans, title stripping, and relegation, while conducting this thought experiment on what the league might look like if Manchester City were eliminated through an American-style expansion draft.
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