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

[KS55]

I have not seen a Txiki interview, where is it?

Didn't he mean Soriano?

 

[oldius]

I don't know.

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what they would have counted on, cos they would have known there was no way we would ever accept a ban of any kind, never mind a 2 year one. That’s why they made it 2 years, to afford CAS the wriggle room/temptation to reduce it to 1 year, and mitigate against the prospect of them exonerating us altogether.
What makes me additionally twitchy about our chances of having the ban completely overturned is that UEFA CL revamp announcement, with qualifying coefficients based on the next 3 seasons only, and ergo with the expectation that we will be out of the equation. Given that excluding us has always been the name of the game, why make that announcement prior to our hearing, cos if our ban is overturned then they’ll have to immediately reinvent those qualifying criteria in order to exclude us on some other grounds. The only conclusion I can draw is that, for whatever reason, they are confident we won’t get the ban overturned

From what I've read and if the proposals were enacted it is based on a club’s domestic rankings of the previous four seasons i.e 2020/21-2023/24 for a commencement in 2024

Theoretically this should be a breeze if we are banned. However, future FFP failures or premier league points deductions might impact.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/how-new-champions-league-format-21940765

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/...motion-relegation-qualification-rules-2552369

 

[blue b4 the moon]

From when I was working there was an awful lot of cases (I was on the good guys side) that never made court with changes of plea, deals etc.

I'd not be surprised if the 8th never gets going.

 

[nmc]

I read today rags are taking out a £140 million loan to finance their summer spending plans. Think the loan was being provided by some holding company or other - owned by the Glazers I would imagine ?
Thought you could “only spend what you earn” ?

More likely it’s £140m to keep them afloat for the next 12 months. Their match day income is huge so no crowds or visits to the ‘Superstore’ will cost them a great deal. I’d ignore the media bollocks re buying this and that - they are going to take a major pinch ... particularly if the FAs campaign to put them in the CL fails.

 

[Ardwick Green Blue]

Probably

When Big Dave speaks I always listen as he is the Voice of Reason on here. He injects a note of cold realism each and every time so my question to him is this:

Will the two year ban be upheld?

 

[richards30]

When Big Dave speaks I always listen as he is the Voice of Reason on here. He injects a note of cold realism each and every time so my question to him is this:

Will the two year ban be upheld?

The worrying thing he is rarely wrong?!

 

[nmc]

Accordingly to Kevin McQuire on the Price of Football podcast City are demanding a quick verdict from CAS so expect it to a lot sooner than is generally thought They do have a history of turning decisions around quickly when it necessary

Can they do it as quick as the UEFA AC who can announce the verdict before the hearing.

 

[Akpowell]

Surely if we accept a one year ban that's admitting that we've done something dodgy

 

[King KdB of Belgium]

Should the club be ready to start court proceedings against all those involved in the hacking of our data. That is if the CAS decides that UEFA are in the right, be giving that 2yr ban against us.