Manchester City were left stunned after being charged with over 100 breaches of financial rules by the Premier League.
But they perhaps should be fearful too, given the possible punishments that they could be handed by the English top flight consist of a points deduction as well as possible expulsion.
It wouldn't be the first time a football authority would throw the book at a football club, and there have been many incidents of clubs suffering at the hands of governing bodies in relation to off the pitch turmoil.
Many in the last 20 years have consisted of teams suffering points deductions in the wake of going into administration with clubs as big as Southampton, Derby County, Bournemouth and Reading among those who have been stung.