YES
Because the FFP charges are an allegation.
And if the allegation is false NOTHING will happen.
Your complaint only makes sense if you suspect that you will be punished.
And to preempt your babble/answer google due process, pre-facie evidence and in america the role of grand juries.
They are not baseless allegations against city.
The United protest is something that actually happened and went unpunished.
The point here is we know who controls the FA and the charges are a reflection of that.

yeah sure we do ..
And they aren't all FFP charges.
you are now employing "all 100 aren't murder charges your honour so why not let me free and forget about the 80 murders" argument
One of them is about the grass being a 1/2 inch too high
Citeh appealed their last guilty verdict to the CAS (as allowed in FIFA regulations) and despite being guilty got off on a statute-of-limitations technicality.
"Stolen materials" whistle-blower materials (despite being true) were considered unfair.
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This time citeh can also appeal to the law of the land if they feel that strongly about any guilty verdicts.
On the other hand city could just do things above board but they don't. And then they leave you with the impossible job of trying to defend what they do.
How do you defend offshore payments to players and managers?
How do you defend consultancy work payments through other channels?
How do you explain phantom sponsors.
Clubs will not be allowed to make secret payments to players or managers via related companies after the Premier League closed a loophole in its rules.Roberto M
www.thetimes.co.uk
All to disguise their true financial position.
It's like HSBC with their fishy business by virtue of operating in places where such things are tolerated and not reported on.
Fine, fair enough ! But don't complain when people point it out. You can't have it both ways.