CAS judgement: UEFA ban overturned, City exonerated (report out p603)

[Selbyblue]

This is the only rule we’ve been found guilty of breaking. Just an administrative issue. Fuck all really.

Article 56: Responsibilities of the licensee
The licensee must:
a) cooperate with the licensor and the UEFA Club Financial Control Body in respect of their requests and enquiries;
b) provide the licensor and the UEFA Club Financial Control Body with all necessary information and/or relevant documents to fully demonstrate that the monitoring requirements are fulfilled, as well as any other document requested and deemed to be relevant for club monitoring decision-making, by the deadline set by the licensor and/or the UEFA administration (the reporting entity or combination of entities in respect of which information is required must be the same as for club licensing);
c) confirm that all the submitted documentation and information are complete and accurate;
d) promptly notify the licensor in writing about any subsequent events that constitute a significant change to the information previously submitted to the licensor, including a change of legal form or legal group structure.

Nick Harris is telling everyone we breached ffp and I pointed out it was the above. I was blocked in seconds.

 

[PepInYourStep]

Can I just say a big fuck you to the bitter opposition fans and journalists reading this. You still don't even understand what the charges were even about so toddle off to twitter and post your tears for us to laugh at please!

 

[lust overlord]

Had a read of whats on twitter for laughs.
Its amazing how many people revel in their one eyed ignorance.
Like flat earthers.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Sheffield United can have Aguero on loan until the end of the season as far as I care, will jizz my knickers if they got 4th. It’s hard to stay strong to your beliefs when the peer pressure is there.

Burnely in particular can get fucked, racist backwards imbeciles.

The rags are under massive pressure tonight, Chelsea & Leicester have opened the door, but we’ve just put our foot behind it! Southampton will go there full of confidence

 

[MCFC1993]

Important within all of this to remember this:


This kind of fume is once in a lifetime.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I’m crying!

 

[mjkismgs]

An English club successfully appeals against a dodgy organisation and parts of the BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation are crying about it. As usual imagine all the same facts being applied to a team in red and how would our media treat it? Dancing in the streets not to mention rockets all over the place
Next news I want to hear is United failing to finish in CL places by narrowest of margins.
If City win the trophy does the 5th place team get in?

Dan Roan and others have been quick to quote from the UEFA statement as though it is what CAS said. No it isn't: on the substantive charges the CAS verdict is very clear, they were either out of time or not established. The fine is entirely about lack of cooperation with UEFA, which to my mind just showed we are a proud club that won't take any shit.

 

[avoidconfusion]

BREAKING NEWS: David Conn is still a twunt:

David Conn has said: "It is a surprise, but knowing some things that we know, we can understand how this has come about. It's more complicated than it looks.

"It is a major victory for Manchester City and it is a big blow for Uefa, and their structures. Uefa's panels are run by distinguished lawyers at the same level as the lawyers that staff the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and it [the verdict] is not really saying that Uefa got it completely wrong.

"But it's finding that City obstructed their investigation and failed to cooperate with it. It's still quite a serious finding against a major football club."

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

The fine has pissed me off a bit. Let's be honest, if someone is trying to fuck you over, you don't cooperate and help them do it. Especially when they're doing it illegally.
I really hope they go after them now.

We had admitted as much that we weren't going to comply with UEFArce's investigation because the relationship between the two parties had disintegrated. Perhaps CAS had to suggest a fine was still relevant.

 

[SidJames]

So I don't want to get caught up in conspiracy chat, but I will say this case has really thrown up some mega problems in contemporary sports journalism. It was always a highly specific and complex case, and almost every major paper has been reporting on it based on feelings rather than a technical understanding of the accusations and responses. I don't think I've once seen someone say 'they're being prosecuted for something they've already been punished for, and the evidence that this should be retried is very, very light'.

With Modern journalism truth,and facts are minor inconveniences.

Not just with Sports.

All of it,politics is even worse.

 

[HelloCity]

LOL

 

[slbsn]

I need @Prestwich_Blue, @tolmie's hairdoo or @projectriver to tell me if City are going to go on the offensive and this is just the beginning, or if we are all moving on with our lives and pretending it never happened, so I can adjust my levels of excitement/smugness/anticipation accordingly.

It's finished. We are moving on.

 

[scousemanc]

Love this from the Simon Stone on the BBC, especially the last paragraph:
"Manchester City have enjoyed some major successes on the field in recent years but arguably this is the biggest of the lot.

They didn't cheat the system in order to put their brilliant squad together - and they are not banned from Europe.

They did fail to co-operate with the initial inquiry - but as they believed it was flawed and prejudiced in the first place, I don't think a 10m Euro fine is going to bother them too much."

Thanks for posting. That is a fair and concise summary and bears repeating.

 

[moomey]

Jesus have you seen what Tebas has just said!

La Liga president Javier Tebas on Manchester City’s two-year ban being overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport: “We have to reassess whether the Cas is the appropriate body to which to appeal institutional decisions in football. Switzerland is a country with a great history of arbitration, the Cas is not up to standard.”

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Note the sly fucker says “at this stage”

UEFA were clear in their statement that they will be taking no further action...it actually says that.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Love that.

Somebody needs to do a Hitler one :)

 

[Kazzydeyna]

I really REALLY hope we now appeal the 10m fine.

Got to say, twitter is immense this morning.

Can I add my name to those who are thanking several posters for their input over the last few months.

Notably @Prestwich_Blue @tolmie's hairdoo and @projectriver .

You guys (and others) helped keep me sane. (-ish)

 

[kaz7]

Are we going to get all the old classics again? The Hitler scene? The laughing Spanish guy? The Russian raver?

Can't do it on this tablet

Are we going to get all the old classics again? The Hitler scene? The laughing Spanish guy? The Russian raver?

 

[1.618034]

We are charging you with murder but we have no cctv, no witnesses, no DNA and you have provided evidence to show you were 200 miles away when the murder was committed. Jury finds you not guilty of murder as there was insufficient conclusive evidence. In Roan's eyes we would still be guilty of murder

Exactly. It's fucking ridiculous. We should go after these cūnts in the media still peddling this shit.

Insufficient evidence and time-barred. Now, go fuck yourselves!

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Perhaps we should appeal the fine?