They will appeal, although in a fair and just world that would not accomplish anything. But realistically it could drag on for three more years or so. And for the moment I'm still putting Man City firmly in the Trump Tier of "I'll believe they'll face actual consequences for anything only on the day it happens, and not one second sooner".

I'm not sure. I don't know the full appeal chain of events in this case, but I know that CAS has acted very quickly in the past once the case gets to them. So it could be fast once they get past whatever appeals they get within England.