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

[BuryBlue1977]

Not sure this is good news.
Uefa don’t want City in the draw for the QF and SF on the same day they announce they are banned from the competition. It will make a mockery of this year’s tournament.
Hopefully at this point no one knows anything still and the verdict is still being decided.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

Why would City agree to delay the verdict even if it’s only a few days? Every day without clarity on whether we’re banned or not effects our ability to forward plan. Doesn’t make sense to me.

 

[cityzen81]

Not sure this is good news.
Uefa don’t want City in the draw for the QF and SF on the same day they announce they are banned from the competition. It will make a mockery of this year’s tournament.
Hopefully at this point no one knows anything still and the verdict is still being decided.

if what the DM is saying is true then I think both parties know the outcome now.

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Seems odd that UEFA can decide CAS verdict date just like that

 

[HalfwayUpTheKippax]

How that ambulance chaser from Walsall won I’ll never know. Rumour was that he had some photos of the chair of the voting committee wanking off a goat, but it was never substantiated.

He thought the goat had a nice butt. I kid you not.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

Not sure this is good news.
Uefa don’t want City in the draw for the QF and SF on the same day they announce they are banned from the competition. It will make a mockery of this year’s tournament.
Hopefully at this point no one knows anything still and the verdict is still being decided.

Not sure about that, if we’re in the draw but banned for next season UEFA can boast about FFP having real teeth. They can say look we’ve punished one of the top teams in Europe so no one is above the law.

 

[cityzen81]

Seems odd that UEFA can decide CAS verdict date just like that

Doesn’t say CAS have agreed just the UEFA have requested it.

if both parties agree I’m sure CAS would oblige, and another reason why we can be optimistic it has gone in our favour

 

[The Colonel]

Seems odd that UEFA can decide CAS verdict date just like that

Surely they would both have to agree to any requested delay.

 

[Scott mcfc]

City could well be in real difficulties if they allowed the appeal to revolve around what Pearce did NOT mean in those emails and our legal team is far too capable and experienced to have allowed it to happen. Sorriano set out right from the beginning that our appeal was based entirely on our being innocent of any claims that we had breached FFP in any way and that UEFA's assertions that we (presumably) inflated sponsorship deals are "not true, simply not true". Khaldoon claimed that we had presented a folder of evidence to the two chambers, which he claimed was "irrefutable". We can argue about his terminology but his meaning is clear. His view is that it is City's evidence - not any argument about who said what and meant what in which email - that would decide the case. My belief is that this evidence is the club's accounts, duly audited and supported by a statement from the auditors, backed up also by a statement from Etihad, and with receipts etc to show that they ars an accurate record. City are not trying to prove a negative, not trying to prove that we didn't breach FFP but are putting the onus on UEFA to show any evidence of real weight (and the emails are not) that we did. I cannot see how UEFA can.

Spot on.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Whatever the result from CAS UEFA do not want it happening at the same time as the draw. It would mean them being bombarded by the media when they are trying to promote their flagship tournament. If City win or lose it would still overshadow the draw. I think it is just a pragmatic request from UEFA and it probably suits City as well. We will need to get our PR eggs in a row and focus just on the CAS decision without any distractions.
For example I suspect City will probably go public with some sort of press conference to confirm our "irrefutable evidence" if we win. And if we lose we may go on the attack against our enemies. The CAS decision is much bigger news than the CL draw.