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

[Heath Park]

I'm sure you can weasel something from them.

Who toad you that?

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

He doesn’t know and I’m certain of it.

Well I'd bet Ferran knows, and I'd be amazed if there hadn't at least been a nod and a wink and at worst a shake of the head in Pep's direction.

 

[bugsyblue]

Pep part way through the interview emphasised the point he did not know. Seems hard to believe but I think if the decision was known the club would probably have blocked questions on the subject or told Pep to say ‘I cannot discuss it and it will be discussed on Monday’.

Yes that’s my feeling too. I Genuinely think the club nor uefa know.

 

[Zubrman]

Who toad you that?

Some otter person.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Getting the vibe of we're going backs against the wall "we won it on the pitch, even if we lost in the courts", which isn't going to wash.

 

[nellyonthewing]

So Sky ,the Premier League. Eufa have their fantasies coming true. Dippers are Champions,the Rags are more or less nailed on Champions League spot. No need to screw us over or is there!!!

 

[Rammy Blue]

Sleep well guys, we will win.

 

[Ric]

So Sky ,the Premier League. Eufa have their fantasies coming true. Dippers are Champions,the Rags are more or less nailed on Champions League spot. No need to screw us over or is there!!!

I’m not certain, but I don’t think that’s how CAS operate.

 

[The blue phantom]

He doesn’t know and I’m certain of it.

I'm more certain he knows after watching and listening to him. He was always going to say I don't know the result, he knew alright.

 

[DMA's]

Pep Guardiola on the CAS decision: “It was an issue from a long time ago. Maybe 90% of the people who are on the pitch or the backroom staff were not there. But we are going to see and respect the decisions

That quote from pep has me concerned.

 

[WestGorton]

I've got a leak that the Etihad has a leak in the legends suite.

 

[nellyonthewing]

I’m not certain, but I don’t think that’s how CAS operate.

"I suspect no one and I suspect everyone" as Mr Sellers once said..

 

[City Raider]

Wonder if the execs are pulling an all-nighter together

 

[Bluechipblue]

This thread is moving forward quite fast and I’m afraid I may miss something important. It’s late so if I miss anything I’ll just have to check in, in the morning.

Good luck to all our fans and let City prevail.

 

[come-on-barney]

Maybe nothing but Pep said the board will make a statement on Monday about the next month, short term and the future or something similar. That has me concerned a little.

 

[kaz7]

He was a genius

 

[solley attwell]

Some otter person.

Spawn sandwich brigade

 

[roy.or.r]

Pep's comments doesn't fill me with confidence. It seems he is trying to distance himself from that "long time ago" quote.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Something I have not understood this past week, and even less so after Pep's latest comments, it seems to be common knowledge that CAS let the two parties know the result before going public. Some of our very own experts on this subject, Prestwich Blue and Project River say this.

As it appears to be in the public domain why is everyone, pep, the club, journalists, all pretending that we don't know yet?!

Because the usual protocol in civil arbitration cases is that both parties get advance notice of the preliminary draft verdict on condition that they both agree to a strict embargo for when this is revealed to the public. Sometimes the parties even get a chance for some basic fact checking to ensure no stupid errors (name spellings etc) are made.
I have been involved in these sort of cases in the UK and it is very common for the draft to be sent to the parties lawyers on a Friday for release on the Monday. In my experience it often arrives late on the Friday stressing everyone out because they have to work over the weekend on the Communications and Media response which is very complex for a group like CFG with so many stakeholders. The Directors at City and UEFA will have known by Friday at the latest but they can't breach the agreement to keep it under wraps till Monday. The details of the judgement usually come many weeks later and this may be frustrating for everyone.

 

[BlueBrain]

Based on those pep quotes I think we’ve lost especially the part about how 90% of it happened with other people. Sounds like deflection and a bit of hidden anger like “we’re getting fucked by Some decisions from other people”.

Not confident at all now