Manchester City will continue planning for next season amid their Premier League legal battle.
The Premier League charged Pep Guardiola's outfit with more than 100 breaches relating to the club's finances stretching from 2009 to 2018.
The Athletic says City chiefs plan to keep calm and carry on.
They have been here before, given the Uefa accusations they were cleared of by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) in 2020.
The report stipulates a case of this magnitude could take years to come to a conclusion.
This means that come the summer, City's transfer and contract plans are expected to be in full swing.
The club have been linked with the likes of Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham in the next transfer window.
But player representatives are said to have noted that negotiations could prove "difficult" given the circumstances.