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

[Ric]

FIFA

FIFA have zero jurisdiction here.

 

[Ardwick Green Blue]

There are all kinds of opinions from lots of newly qualified high level 'lawyers' on here but only one thing really matters...that is we ultimately win this battle.

Obviously how you define 'win' is subjective but to me it is an outcome that doesn't effectively put us back to our pre-takeover state.

 

[paulchapo]

Some stuff from Rabin.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

To be fair , I could list your posts that state we would be signing X, Y and Z over the last few seasons . Doesn’t mean I won’t look forward to other cryptic crap coming up .

Ha, this is a little different, bud, certainly in the grander scheme of things ;)

Only one outlet stated we would not receive any sanction, yet is now being cited by some people as authoritative because it is one of the few pieces to have a positive theme in recent days.

I'd expect The Athletic needs to be very positive right now.

 

[Ric]

I thought HH was Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed? Whatever, it's certainly not Sheikh Mansour and the emails said HH would "arrange" the extra funding. That funding comes from Abu Dhabi, probably the Executive Council, not ADUG so it's not owner investment.

What I assume has happened is that all the due monies were sent to ADUG for onward transmission to City and that Soriano's request to Pearce to have these split out is precisely because they need to ensure we avoid accusations of equity funds being mixed up with partnership revenue. Which is exactly what I'd expect from an organisation trying to ensure everything was whiter than white.

In that case, couldn’t we just have proved that during this investigation (or even before it got to that) to nip all this in the bud?

 

[The Black Shed]

It will definitely beat my Alexis Sanchez thread.

4539
An impressive figure that

 

[nmc]

Sick of this drama, hopefully it will end soon.

You may want to buckle up... this might last years. I suggest HS2 will be up and running before this issue is resolved.

 

[Ric]

Ha, this is a little different, bud, certainly in the grander scheme of things ;)

Only one outlet stated we would not receive any sanction, yet is now being cited by some people as authoritative because it is one of the few pieces to have a positive theme in recent days.

I'd expect The Athletic needs to be very positive right now.

If I was being a cynic, I might think that a fair few cancelled subscriptions from City fans over the weekend urgently necessitated a fairly pro-City piece on their platform.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Is that you doing those tweets mate?

If so top man.

 

[asgoodasitgets]

Ha, this is a little different, bud, certainly in the grander scheme of things ;)

Only one outlet stated we would not receive any sanction, yet is now being cited by some people as authoritative because it is one of the few pieces to have a positive theme in recent days.

I'd expect The Athletic needs to be very positive right now.

I get that sir, wasn’t having a pop. Honest.
I do try to be objective and wouldn’t take any outlet as guaranteed but it’s nice to see a little bit of pro City news amidst all the fucking hounds out there.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Doubt it’ll form one of the main parts of our defence, but guess it all adds to a wider picture of us being unfairly treated.

Perhaps, but I have formed the impression CAS is purely about the facts relating to our supposed own culpability?

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Why are we having posts deleted just for asking for someone to send the article to us?

 

[Ardwick Green Blue]

If I was being a cynic, I might think that a fair few cancelled subscriptions from City fans over the weekend urgently necessitated a fairly pro-City piece on their platform.

Like I posted earlier, it's a puff piece saying all the things fans want to hear but has nothing substantial in it.

It's as meaningful as 'We're Man City, we fight to the end'.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Lots of conspiracy theorys and ifs and buts. But i wonder if uefa we scared or put under massive pressure from la liga after the latest messi rumours??? Easiest way to defo stop him moving here would be to ban us from europe messi wouldnt sign for a club not playing in europe.

 

[vincent]

Perhaps, but I have formed the impression CAS is purely about the facts relating to our supposed own culpability?

I pretty sure our legal team will know what to focus on.

 

[johnnytapia]

I think you will be surprised at how many people would be interested in going to the home games even if it's just to stick 2 fingers up at UEFA
Games played with no VAR as well. Breath of fresh air for everyone
Even if the case gets ruled in our favour and we are in the champions league next season I reckon we will have half full stadium because fans have had enough of UEFA

Sadly, you're miles off the mark. Nobody is arsed about which golfer wins the Dubai / Las Vegas trillion pound trophy, whilst all golf fans want to see The Open.

 

[blueparrot]

Perhaps, but I have formed the impression CAS is purely about the facts relating to our supposed own culpability?

Maybe wrong but I thought CAS would be more about following the procedures , and if they rule against UEFA on procedure that’s as far as they will go. If we wanted to go further we’d have to make a claim for damages against UEFA probably in a different court. So the CAS hearing we are more concerned with overturning the decision not clearing our name , hence the ‘initial’ part of the club statement.

 

[Ric]

Why are we having posts deleted just for asking for someone to send the article to us?

Because people keep posting the full article, which we can’t do because of copyright laws.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Lots of conspiracy theorys and ifs and buts. But i wonder if uefa we scared or put under massive pressure from la liga after the latest messi rumours??? Easiest way to defo stop him moving here would be to ban us from europe messi wouldnt sign for a club not playing in europe.

My money is on the rags, they know we need a centre half and want to make sure we don’t want to turn Phil Jones’ head.

 

[Newman Noggs]

I thought HH was Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed? Whatever, it's certainly not Sheikh Mansour and the emails said HH would "arrange" the extra funding. That funding comes from Abu Dhabi, probably the Executive Council, not ADUG so it's not owner investment.

What I assume has happened is that all the due monies were sent to ADUG for onward transmission to City and that Soriano's request to Pearce to have these split out is precisely because they need to ensure we avoid accusations of equity funds being mixed up with partnership revenue. Which is exactly what I'd expect from an organisation trying to ensure everything was whiter than white.

Isn't Sheikh Mansour referred to as HH in the notes to our own accounts ?