UEFA FFP investigation - CAS decision to be announced Monday, 13th July 9.30am BST

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Might still be an agreed game by UEFA and City. Both save the face and some silly compromise agreed on the end.

Not a singular chance of that. This feels like an endgame.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Exactly the difference. Our owner invested in City ie put money into it to follow a business plan for financial reward whereas most other clubs, you mention Uniteds owners, simply remove its profits to bolster their portfolia.
Nothing wrong with either strategy except that uefa limits investment which by any other legal procedure amounts to "Barrier to Entry" which is a form of Cartel which is illegal.

It was an amazing investment. Given the shares sold to the Chinese a couple of years ago the owners will more than recoup their money.

 

[chesterbells]

Not a singular chance of that. This feels like an endgame.

Yep. We’ve gone beyond that now.

 

[oakiecokie]

That never happened.

Some people have a deliberately selected memory mate.

 

[BosnianBlue]

Not a singular chance of that. This feels like an endgame.

I hope so. Time to put the dot on all this.

 

[BlueAnorak]

The Dan Roan article indicates he has been fully briefed by UEFA employees/officials. This is clearly a breach of UEFA rules of confidentiality.
This is going to get very nasty, very very quickly.

 

[BosnianBlue]

Here’s one for you.

What’s worse, City sacking Mancini on FA Cup Final Day, or the NYT and UEFA attacking City on FA Cup Final Week?

If there’s one thing I will never forgive our owner and the club for, it was sacking Mancini on that Day.

He was not sacked that day though.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Oh and while we're at it, details of UEFA's original investigation came to light in some hacked emails which clearly labelled the Etihad as a "Related Party" by UEFA investigators which they didnt mark as invalid. Only two of the smaller sponsorship were so noted in the final judgement.

 

[cheekybids]

The Dan Roan article indicates he has been fully briefed by UEFA employees/officials. This is clearly a breach of UEFA rules of confidentiality.
This is going to get very nasty, very very quickly.

I would ask him that in the press conference & if he says I haven’t been briefed, where did you get the information from?

 

[cheekybids]

Do we think Khaldoon could come out with a few hand grenades ahead of the champs league final which could blow the whole comp apart.

 

[Marvin]

The Dan Roan article indicates he has been briefed by UEFA employees/officials. This is clearly a breach of UEFA rules of confidentiality. This is going to get very nasty, very very quickly.

I read it too. Came to the same conclusion re the disclosures, and this after City had issued a statement re the NYT

 

[tweety]

Here’s one for you.

What’s worse, City sacking Mancini on FA Cup Final Day, or the NYT and UEFA attacking City on FA Cup Final Week?

If there’s one thing I will never forgive our owner and the club for, it was sacking Mancini on that Day.

Get over it, it was smelly, but it was the right thing to do.

 

[Marvin]

I would ask him that in the press conference & if he says I haven’t been briefed, where did you get the information from?

Whether he got it direct from the Investigators or from people they have been talking to, they have been discussing this case.

I am not sure how serious that is. It probably depends on whether City are going to take this to a Court, in which case the process is going tobe important, and UEFA are also damaging City's reputation.

It's probably my fault perhaps, but instead of thinking about the FA Cup, I'm thinking about this at 1am in the morning.

 

[Decepticon]

Does it mean we can spend some of that oil money this summer?

 

[bumbleblue]

Whether he got it direct from the Investigators or from people they have been talking to, they have been discussing this case.

I am not sure how serious that is. It probably depends on whether City are going to take this to a Court, in which case the process is going tobe important, and UEFA are also damaging City's reputation.

It's probably my fault perhaps, but instead of thinking about the FA Cup, I'm thinking about this at 1am in the morning.

Yep , me too.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Quite right, I have been making this same point for two days. Trying to put it together is hard; it's like a jigsaw puzzle where the pieces don't seem to match up. If they are calling our audited financials fraudulent that is a whole 'nother kettle of fish. Maybe because UEFA knows doing so risks open warfare with City, the sponsors, the accounting firms, etc. so they lean on the "we were mislead" argument because they based our fine/squad cap/settlement on the pre-2010 wages breach when they could have gone down the inflated sponsorship path but didn't because they had City nailed on the easier-to-prove-mathematically charge (after, of course, the goalposts were moved).

So now UEFA says, "Well if we had suspected at the time what Football Leaks said you did, we would have gone after you much harder and drilled you with a higher fine/ban/etc." And we say, "You didn't, so it's moot, and anyway we are prepared to argue that our financials are sound and this infusion of sponsorship money was allowable under the rules, just as we were then." But that falls on deaf ears, because the IC says, "Too late for that -- we're out of time under the statute of limitations, and we've got you for not being forthright during the process so now we have free rein to put you in double jeopardy whether your books are proper or not."

Quite right 'misled' is like a penalty shout it's variable on what the ref or court in this case thinks.

The accounts are like an offside it's either off or not which I think is why it's suddenly become misled, they got no concrete case as was suggested months ago and are going to try and show us as sneaky fuckers which may well be overturned by CAS then UEFA can call it a grey area and hope it goes away.

Poking the beast in sky blue however isn't a good idea and Uefa won't know what's hit them.

 

[RyanP3609]

Does anyone know if Dan Roan is still banned from City? Just been reading about it all in 2012 with Paddy V.

Also, in that fluff piece he's put up recently he talks about the allez allez song etc..

See link: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...AhAB&usg=AOvVaw1clgtObUknPFvd7afA0gtK&ampcf=1

How the FUCK is this guy still working for the BBC as a sports journalist!?

Casually joking about a guy who's literally just died with his "mistress" is fine.. but sing a song that has nothing to do with what is getting you offended and chaos reigns.

What a ****. I hope hes still fucking banned.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Does anyone know if Dan Roan is still banned from City? Just been reading about it all in 2012 with Paddy V.

Also, in that fluff piece he's put up recently he talks about the allez allez song etc..

See link: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...AhAB&usg=AOvVaw1clgtObUknPFvd7afA0gtK&ampcf=1

How the FUCK is this guy still working for the BBC as a sports journalist!?

Casually joking about a guy who's literally just died with his "mistress" is fine.. but sing a song that has nothing to do with what is getting you offended and chaos reigns.

What a ****. I hope hes still fucking banned.

If you notice when he's reporting from the ground he's not on City property, he's normally stood across the road so yes he's still banned....and still a **** for good measure.

 

[hammocity]

Get over it, it was smelly, but it was the right thing to do.

The story broke on the Friday, it was poor but probably leaked by an insider who now “sleeps with the fishes”. A lot of the Senior pro’s led by Vinny were very unhappy with Bobby’s treatment of some of the players, Wayne Bridge amongst others was training with the reserves and whilst he was very upset I’m don’t think he’s ever slagged off our Club. Mancini brought us that memory but as you say “the right thing to do” 100% correct.

 

[RyanP3609]

If you notice when he's reporting from the ground he's not on City property, he's normally stood across the road so yes he's still banned....and still a **** for good measure.

Ah I never noticed but it's clear from his Twitter and articles that he doesn't like us. Considering hes been banned for 7 years it hasnt affected his BBC career (nor has making widespread speculation about a recently deceased chairman either).

What a ****. Nothing surprises me with the beeb tho nowadays!