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

[Centurions]

Years ahead of it's time.

Wouldn't wash with today's youth.

Damn, now I feel old. It ran from '77 to '81 so I was already working :(

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Gone very quiet on this.

 

[Newman Noggs]

Gone very quiet on this.

Lull before the storm. Keep the hatches battened down.

 

[give it to gordon]

Gone very quiet on this.

Once we start getting close to the dipperpool and scum games it will kick of again....

 

[lancs blue]

Gone very quiet on this.

The main reason it's quiet is that while our appeal is being considered by CAS it means UEFA have to cut down on their "leaks" to the media to abide by CAS's confidentiality regs.

 

[nmc]

Not true. In legal ruling like this, the normal win outcome is that the process clock would be reset and we go again, though there is a chance that the whole case could be kicked out.

Civil courts do however tend to take a grim view of organisations that can’t follow their own procedures. It’s not the respondent who’s frustrated the process ! I honestly think UEFA are looking for a way out - I doubt City are accommodating - so a technical legal breach of process is their best hope

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Gone very quiet on this.

Well the extension of the arrest warrant for Rui Pinto the hacker has apparently been confirmed. He isn't getting out anytime soon and that's good news for City because I don't think UEFA can act till they know the outcome of this expanding investigation. This has not been reported in the biased UK media of course because it doesn't suit their anti-City narrative.

https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/european-warrant-extended-for-football-leaks-hacker/51080

 

[cleavers]

Gone very quiet on this.

The new BBC article will kick it off again no doubt.

"Man City have assembled first 1 billion euro squad", I'm not linking it.

 

[nmc]

Well the extension of the arrest warrant for Rui Pinto the hacker has apparently been confirmed. He isn't getting out anytime soon and that's good news for City because I don't think UEFA can act till they know the outcome of this expanding investigation. This has not been reported in the biased UK media of course because it doesn't suit their anti-City narrative.

https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/european-warrant-extended-for-football-leaks-hacker/51080

The Pinto case is key on a couple of fronts... his likely conviction will undermine the evidence he has obtained but, more importantly, I very much doubt he’s acted alone in this process. He may have obtained the leaks himself but he will have had contacts within the sport who have paid him for info. etc. I doubt by the end of his trial that we will be the only ones in the dock... as much as anything the judicial process will no doubt take a wider look at the leaks which simply cannot be all about us - common sense tells you that there’s other clubs with much bigger skeletons in the cupboard.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

The Pinto case is key on a couple of fronts... his likely conviction will undermine the evidence he has obtained but, more importantly, I very much doubt he’s acted alone in this process. He may have obtained the leaks himself but he will have had contacts within the sport who have paid him for info. etc. I doubt by the end of his trial that we will be the only ones in the dock... as much as anything the judicial process will no doubt take a wider look at the leaks which simply cannot be all about us - common sense tells you that there’s other clubs with much bigger skeletons in the cupboard.

Totally agree. It would be an amazing risk for UEFA to punish us without knowing the full context of all the hacked data. They can't possibly have seen all the data and emails. It is said to be one of the biggest data hacks of all time. The Pinto case is now a huge international police investigation. In Portugal it goes right up to Government level. UEFA must be looking for a way out. If they lost a civil case to City it could cost them hundreds of millions in damages and costs. We could argue that they have damaged our worldwide brand. It looks like all UEFA have is a few out of context reports in Der Spiegel (I doubt if they have even seen the actual emails)