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[M18CTID]

UEFA tried to destroy us mainly because of the teams we joined the ESL with!

That's a more accurate description.

 

[Marvin]

to be fair the Arsenal fans have been delusional for years, paying crazy money watching no investment in their team as wenger chased his moral top 4 finish trophy

if you look at their club they would be mad not to sign up for this as they won't get any money out of their owner and the debts are still high

I can see the logic for SPurs and Arsenal. I can see the temptation for City - a wheelbarrow of money - but we were on to a good thing. Exit. Survive with some dignity and take the ESL through the safer route, the Champions League.

 

[bluemoon32]

Come on City, do the right fcuking thing

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Problem is, we become even more irrelevant than we previously were, going back with tail between our legs to UEFA.

Tebas in now on their payroll and he was gunning for us even before this breakaway.

This is about taking power away from Uefa. It comes to something when they can claim the moral high ground at present.

Damned if we do, damned if don't.

But we’d recover some of our integrity and that means more to me right now. I am resigned to City’s competitiveness decreasing either way, I just want to recognise the club as having even vaguely similar values to the one I fell in love with.

 

[decmancity]

Sure, but CIty pulling out could start chain reaction. Atletico and Chelsea are in poor position like us.

These are still three major clubs and this league would take big hit if this happened, especially as PSG and Bayern are not in this too.

Atletico and Chelsea need/want the money more than most, why would they leave?

I don't think City have any intentions on sitting down with Bayern and PSG, by far the most outspoken about us since the takeover, let them have the CL to themselves just like they do in Germany and France.

 

[Akiva]

That's a more accurate description.

I mean literally the other 5 teams are signatories to that letter. Why does everyone keep ignoring this?

We are literally jumping into bed with those who used all their might and mane to fuck us not even a year ago - in a move that will benefit only them.

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

The backlash, and also Perez spoke. I think his interview has ruined his Madrid bail-out league for him.

But you don't make a decision, receive rightful criticism for that decision and then say this isnt what you signed up for. The ideology behind the Super League as of yet hasn't changed. This version of the Super League is exactly what they signed up for.

Perez being a lunatic saying that its to save football whilst wanting the best for Madrid will not be a surprise to the other clubs.

 

[wolviedinho]

It was Kroenke, Herny, Perez who tried to destroy us. They just used UEFA for it. Are you seriously this naive?!?!?

That these people now like us and it was just UEFA. Now it wasn't.

Perez just slagged us off, basically saying that we dont bring in enough viewers

Yes I agree the cabal are equally guilty but we can’t keep fighting these clubs. If we go back to uefa now do you really believe anything they say? FFP part 2 fuck city will be well under way before the club tell the super squad to fuck off. Both beds are rotten but we gotta sleep somewhere.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Funny but a bit small time.

 

[SWP's back]

Apologies if it's been mentioned above (this thread is moving bloody fast), and I might be looking in the wrong place, but the announcement about the ESL on the official website isn't there anymore.

It is.

Club Statement regarding Super League Competition

Twelve of Europe’s leading football clubs have today come together to announce they have agreed to establish a new mid-week competition, the Super League, governed by its Founding Clubs.

www.mancity.com

 

[B\connellblue]

It's become pretty clear that UEFA weren't the enemy throughout the past 10 years.

The enemy are the people we're now joining in the Super League

Well uefa bowed to them so they can hardly be surprised at City.
We'll know today what Citys position is.
The last thing I want to hear from Pep is a rags/dippers history lesson. Speak for and about City alone please Pep.

 

[Tb1981]

True, all though all reports indicate that Ceferin has been very good to us

What when they fined us and ban for two years?
Or when cas overturned it???

don’t remember cerefin intervening

 

[Metal Biker]

Short memories on here. Uefa tried to destroy city. Fuck me wake up people.

Based on accusations made by Real Madrid, Man Utd and Liverpool.

And now you're acting like they are your best chummies who want the best for City. Fuck me wake up boah.

 

[domalino]

The damage isn’t done though. Reputationally maybe but that’s not real damage and by pulling out now City can be the first domino falling and get the whole thing aborted.

I dont really want them to back down as such.

UEFA is shit, the champions league is shit, and the new format is 10x worse. When clubs are struggling for money its completely acceptable that the clubs wish to break off from UEFA who skim Billions off the top for not much more than basic administration.

I would rather City and Chelsea and anyone else getting twitchy after hearing the backlash used being in the tent to change the new competition to something everyone else can just about agree with.

Protect yourself for a few years for going out on a limb to break away from UEFA, that's tolerable, but don't make it 100% permanent. Give yourself 5 or 10 years immunity and you'd earn so much money it would effectively be permanent anyway.

Maybe copy some existing leagues where if you finish at the bottom x years in a row there's a play off with the most successful nonfounding member. Make a decent feeder system for qualifiers to come in - maybe winning the CL gets you 5 years membership and the qualified places alternate like that. Make it an official legal position that clubs never move location, because that's something people are genuinely worried about.

European football needs change, there's so many things they could get away with that benefit them whilst also creating something better than UEFAs shit show.

This is partly what I'm expecting. They have been so vague with the actual substance that I think they are going to let everyone assume the worst case scenarios and then make a series of "concessions" to make it palatable and end up where they wanted to anyway.

But they need to actually start talking soon.

 

[Zabbasbeard]

I hope that City do the right thing and pull out. Collapse the whole shitshow.

 

[we are the east stand]

The club is really between a rock and a hard place here....

Go full steam ahead and join ESL - the shiekh/Kaldoon/soriano will see the £ and a huge short term cash boost, this is a business to the shiekh at the end of the day. But in essence we are supporting a number of our enemies in wiping out their debts and giving them full control over our time in Europe over the next 23 years!

Pull out - the right thing but we’ll never be truly forgiven by everyone for flirting with the idea. The cartel will also be out to get us in anyway possible in the future if we screw the ESL. We are also helping out many of the twatty clubs in the prem who wanted us banned last year - wolves, Leicester, fucking Burnley etc...we owe that mob nothing.

Cerefin’s olive branch this morning obviously is aimed at us, Chelsea and maybe Spurs. We can “break away” from the “break away clubs” with probably little more than a slapped wrist from uefa if we act quickly.

what a decision the club has to make in the next 24/48hrs. What a mess.

Perez’s ramblings last night show how crazy this idea is, he’s like a demented old man - living in the past with a sense of self importance. This is the leader of this project, it’s doomed.

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Yes I agree the cabal are equally guilty but we can’t keep fighting these clubs. If we go back to uefa now do you really believe anything they say? FFP part 2 fuck city will be well under way before the club tell the super squad to fuck off. Both beds are rotten but we gotta sleep somewhere.

I trust Ceferin about 1000% more than Glazers, Perez and Henry.

Id be under UEFA any day of the week than these shits

 

[Cheeky Txiki]

LEAVE

 

[Akiva]

But we’d recover some of our integrity and that means more to me right now. I am resigned to City’s competitiveness decreasing either way, I just want to recognise the club as having even vaguely similar values to the one I fell in love with.

That and we might not get kicked out of other competitions, including the PL and CL which Pep and the lads have worked hard to attain.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

What a stupid comment.

The reason that the UEFA anthem is booed is because they have allowed themselves to be manipulated by the likes of Gill, Parry, and other placemen acting in the interests of Liverpool, United, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Juventus, etc.

So jump in with the usual suspects to a closed shop (novelty freak show) league with five other teams ‘invited’ each year on some unspecified basis.

Anyone who thing that the Manchester City franchise will continue to play in Manchester long term is in a dream world. Does anyone think that there will be two teams left in Manchester (out of 20) beyond the early seasons?

I will be franchise territory and that franchise can be sold anywhere in the world.

I will be out if this Super League starts including City.

Just watch Hibs fella.