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

[cheekybids]

cheekbid's don 't you know the bosses at the Premier League think that what Dippers, Rags, and the Arsen say it is always right. Even if they know that what they are saying is a pack of lies.

yeah of course, but it’s funny it’s never considered by the journalists if the boot was on the other foot do yo speak.

or the apologists should leap to the defence of the athletic hacks cos they get kick backs.

 

[asahartford1]

Conn doesn't like Citizens anymore!

He does like a human rights issue though, just not if you are a palestinian in the Gaza.
A quiet hypocrite I can live with , but con is a noisy one.
Doesn't like money in football, earns his money from football.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

We lost the battle of fan opinion 12 years ago the day we got taken over.

And has only got worse since we have been successful . Jealousy is at the root .

 

[nmc]

He does like a human rights issue though, just not if you are a palestinian in the Gaza.
A quiet hypocrite I can live with , but con is a noisy one.
Doesn't like money in football, earns his money from football.

Hitched his principles to the FC United model a few years ago... I wonder how that’s going?

 

[SWP's back]

It's definitely in doubt.

If we win, everyone else will think it's bent.
If they win, half this forum will go to their graves claiming CAS is bent.

Very much this. A look at social media already has every other fan saying we will have paid them off. Fuck em, let them choke on it.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

MUG carry an interview with Ceferin: https://www.dumptheguardian.com/foo...ball-with-fans-will-come-back-very-soon#img-1

Covered city briefly:

Before the Covid-19 crisis there was the case and sanction of Manchester City. Is Uefa still supporting the chamber’s findings? Are you still fully behind the guilty verdict and the two-year ban?
Look, the decision was made and now the case is at the court of arbitration for sport and Cas will decide. That’s absolutely all I can say, for two reasons. Firstly, the independent bodies made the decision, I didn’t, and secondly, I really don’t know the case [well enough] and I don’t like people who comment about matters that they don’t know well. There are too many people commenting on different topics that they do not have a clue about.

So the possibility of a deal or a settlement outside court is not an issue for you?
I don’t want to comment on this case any more.

I know he can't comment on the case but his wording suggests he's distancing himself as far as possible from the decision that was made.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

This article makes no reference at all to the fact we have already been punished for failing the break even test over this time period. Our accounts were presumably signed off by auditors at the time and accepted by UEFA and the PL. What evidence does The Athletic have that we "falsified our accounts." That evidence is not in any of the Der Spiegel emails.
So the Athletic is effectively accusing City and our Auditors of committing a criminal offence. I hope they have good lawyers.

Lee's tweet says
"in the PL handbook it says that a club making a false statement/falsifying a doc in support of an application for a Uefa license will face action "

I thought that the whole charge is based on allegedly making a false statement to FFP requirements - that we did not tell UEFA that a lot more money came from the owner, when it actually did.

If in answer to "how much did the owner put in?", we said "50M" when actually it was "80M, 30M of which was funnelled through go-betweens" would be a false statement in the accounts (if both true and provable, of course!)

The auditors would presumably not have investigated beyond who gave City the money, and are outside all this.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Cerefin's comments today again distance UEFA from the 'independent' bodies who found us guilty. Both City and Uefa are making provision for an outcome that gives both sides no loss of face?

I thought the same - "not under my control, independent body - them, not me!"
If this goes against UEFA, it'll be hung on the financial investigation and adjudicatory chambers.

 

[solley attwell]

When this is all over can we not get a £500m loan from the sheik with little or no interest payable when we feel like it? Surely that is a way of circumventing FFP in the future and be like our red friends

 

[MillionMilesAway]

When this is all over can we not get a £500m loan from the sheik with little or no interest payable when we feel like it? Surely that is a way of circumventing FFP in the future and be like our red friends

No, that's not how it works. The loan would appear on the accounts.