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

[nmc]

I think the "favours being called in" that PB is alluding to will do a great deal more damage than that. Many may well find that insulting the Abu Dhabi establishment can lead to the presentation of a very hefty bill indeed.

I hope so.

 

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

I wonder if this 'knowledge' is based on anything tangible or does it just ride on Wenger's oft repeated phrase of 'financial doping'! Arsène said it, so it must be true!

It's based on the assumption that they don't need evidence because football is their business and no one else's. UEFA after your name is far superior to QC!

 

[city2]

I want to see all these fckers squirm and also have hefty fines cos all this lot love is money.

 

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

If only UEFA had a rich sugar daddy to bail them out. I am sure the G14 will dip into their collective pockets of clean money.

You can't withdraw your overdraft to pay legal fees! Half a billion debt won't get you very far.

 

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

I think you meant UEFA rather than FIFA.

I'm surprised at the article which said that CAS upheld the legality of FFP, as I didn't think that was even within CAS's remit to look at. But our appeal is on the basis of due process, as you say. The process was akin to a Stalinist show trial, with the verdict known in advance and the defendant not allowed to mount a proper defence. There's the whole issue around the settlement agreement and whether UEFA even had the right to re-open this case at all. That's before any of their accusations about our conduct are even tested.

Yes, I think City will win at CAS on every single principle on which the appeal is based and then take the matter a great deal further, both through legal and commercial/financial channels. And the world of football will be indebted to the club for blowing apart UEFA's criminal attempts to stitch up every possible avenue of redress.

 

[kaz7]

Manchester City are regarded as a ‘pariah club’ by a number of their Premier League rivals. Following the bid from eight Premier League clubs to keep City out of Europe while CAS considers the case, it will now be ‘hard to rebuild relationships

https://mobile.twitter.com/IndyFootball

Understatement i would say

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Manchester City are regarded as a ‘pariah club’ by a number of their Premier League rivals. Following the bid from eight Premier League clubs to keep City out of Europe while CAS considers the case, it will now be ‘hard to rebuild relationships

https://mobile.twitter.com/IndyFootball

Understatement i would say

Would anyone want a 'relationship' with these self-styled paragons! Playground bullies at best!

 

[richards30]

We’ll never lose the cheats tag though imo and will never be fully accepted for the titles we’ve won. Damage done equals job done for the corrupt twats!

 

[journolud]

Manchester City are regarded as a ‘pariah club’ by a number of their Premier League rivals. Following the bid from eight Premier League clubs to keep City out of Europe while CAS considers the case, it will now be ‘hard to rebuild relationships

https://mobile.twitter.com/IndyFootball

Understatement i would say

Another “source” at uefa giving the inside info. Sure as we are of ourselves this lot must be pretty confident they are backing the right horse.

 

[iwasthere1968]

We’ll never lose the cheats tag though imo and will never be fully accepted for the titles we’ve won. Damage done equals job done for the corrupt twats!

I`ll accept every f****n title cup and honour. Who gives a sh*t about anyone else !

 

[iwasthere1968]

The problem is that is exactly what the cartel want. The old G14 mafia have goaded UEFA in going after City. For them it is win-win. Either City get banned or UEFA go down the pan. The latter scenario opens the way for an new invitation-only European Super League.

I wrote something similar a while ago it is certainly win-win for them , although they may sustain some reputational and fiduciary damage along the way if we go for them.
A new super league within Europe , maybe, but we have eyes for a wider audience it could play into our hands as well.

Ifs and buts .....

 

[@BluePhil8]

Manchester City are regarded as a ‘pariah club’ by a number of their Premier League rivals. Following the bid from eight Premier League clubs to keep City out of Europe while CAS considers the case, it will now be ‘hard to rebuild relationships

https://mobile.twitter.com/IndyFootball

Understatement i would say

What relationship have we ever had off the field with United, Livarpool and Arsenal? They've all been bitter ****s ever since we put them in a box.

 

[oman0115]

How much affect is the corona virus going to have on these 8 clubs who wrote the letter? I am assuming the relaxed ffp rules is for their benefit? Such a joke that the clubs that apparently abide by it are totally unable to cope through a crisis, yet the one club who is supposedly cheating easily could, it’s out and out hypocrisy.

just hope we don’t just take this all on the chin, city have been far to nice in the past. Time to hammer these fools

 

[dario2739]

How much affect is the corona virus going to have on these 8 clubs who wrote the letter? I am assuming the relaxed ffp rules is for their benefit? Such a joke that the clubs that apparently abide by it are totally unable to cope through a crisis, yet the one club who is supposedly cheating easily could, it’s out and out hypocrisy.

just hope we don’t just take this all on the chin, city have been far to nice in the past. Time to hammer these fools

Been reading that Wolves fans are not happy their club is apparently one of the clubs inolved.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Amanda Barrie. She has been on TV quite alot recently . She is over 80 years old now and showing signs of her age but still appears to be enjoying life.
And she may be a City fan in real life, if I recall correctly .

An Italian-owned pizza house near me has a signed Italian language poster of Carry on Cleo on the wall. Barrie is definitely one of the signatures.
Sure sign of a classy establishment.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

A number of people who followed Liverpool in Europe in the late 70s and 80s have written accounts of just how vulgar and brutal Liverpool fans were. Heysel was no accident it was the culmination of many years of thieving, looting, rioting and fighting; settling old scores etc. Liverpool were not the only ones but any claim that their fans were not front and centre of the “English disease” is well wide of the mark. Accounts of the general conduct and behaviour of Liverpool fans in Brussels before the Heysel game make my skin crawl and seeing them in Madrid last year suggested little has changed. A strange set of supporters, full of self entitlement, deluded, convinced other fans envy them, and for some reason more than their fair share of people with absolutely no idea how to behave.

All this is correct. Any matchgoers would say Liverpool were amongst the most violent fans in the country at the time along with Chelsea, Leeds, and United. But, just like now, there was a media myth perpetuated about the so-called "sporting Kop" and suggestions that somehow their fans were "more knowledgeable" about the game. They were just as bad as United fans but, to be fair, United's hooligan fans were lambasted by the press. Liverpool got a free pass (until Heysel anyway)
I was in the Kop paddock (keeping my head down) when Joe Corrigan was felled by a bottle. Most of their fans cheered and laughed but afterwards on TV and in the press the narrative was all about the sporting Liverpool fans pointing out the culprit to police. It was bollocks of course, just part of the ongoing myth.

 

[Centurions]

Another “source” at uefa giving the inside info. Sure as we are of ourselves this lot must be pretty confident they are backing the right horse.

It's not a source at UEFA though (unless I missed something), it's a 'senior football source' which could well be the journalists dad for all we know.

 

[Blue Feather]

Absolute muppets, some have signed up to never getting a sniff due to the cartel, hope their fans are happy. My bet is that sneaky Wenger is playing a big part as his beloved Arsenal are so mediocre and need big investment (just as he did with Ozil and the 2 x strikers at circa £150 million plus others of course) and the only way they can do that again is by circumnavigating legitimate 'rules' the UEFA/established cartel way. Arsenal virtually guaranteed a top 4 place due to being able to get in and for so long their claim to success particularly when Wenger had to try and organise their defence. Amazing how transfers were accepted as part of the game until City came along...…

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Manchester City are regarded as a ‘pariah club’ by a number of their Premier League rivals. Following the bid from eight Premier League clubs to keep City out of Europe while CAS considers the case, it will now be ‘hard to rebuild relationships

https://mobile.twitter.com/IndyFootball

Understatement i would say

It's the Scouse Tony Evans again, just writing a commentary after the reports of the eight letters. Nothing more, and a quote from an unnamed 'senior football source'. That might just be someone who's very old!

It's a non-story to stir trouble.

 

[Centurions]

Would anyone want a 'relationship' with these self-styled paragons! Playground bullies at best!

Sadly it's a small club and we all have to play together nicely (at least on the surface).

No puns intended.