“I am the chairman of the Independent Football Regulator and independence absolutely runs through everything we're doing.”

Anadolu Agency · Football regulator vows to resign if UK government interferes in Man City case

“I would resign.”

BBC Sport · Football regulator vows to resign if UK government interferes in Man City case

“Any form of political interference on the way we operate is going to result in my resigning from this role and I stand by that completely.”

Al Jazeera · Football regulator vows to resign if UK government interferes in Man City case

“We've come under absolutely no political pressure whatsoever on this or any other topic. And I don't expect to in the future.”

Al Jazeera · Football regulator vows to resign if UK government interferes in Man City case

“The Prime Minister is entirely entitled to make his own observations on anything. We are independent. That is in the name.”

BBC Sport · Football regulator vows to resign if UK government interferes in Man City case

“As far as we, as the regulator, are concerned, we have a very clear course of action that is governed by statute and we are going to follow that course of action, and no comment by any politician or indeed any individual is going to affect what we do.”

BBC Sport · Football regulator vows to resign if UK government interferes in Man City case