I'm hoping this will push the Saudis into testing the legal basis for preventing a business owner investing as much as they like in their own business. Something city seemed to have not done previously to keep the peace for long term gain. I think the PL is risking overplaying a weak hand here though.Just read that.
Surely City's legal team will be on to that?
I'm hoping this will push the Saudis into testing the legal basis for preventing a business owner investing as much as they like in their own business. Something city seemed to have not done previously to keep the peace for long term gain. I think the PL is risking overplaying a weak hand here though.
NooooooooooooooooAnd we know where those 3 points will come from!
Probably has it in cash rattling around in the glove compartment in his carThe only problem being, have the Saudis got enough money to mount a serious legal challenge?
I think all three have retired.Crucial they do what we do, and get some steel and experience in first. We were actually in a relegation scrap until we got the likes of Bellamy, Given and De Jong in. Supplement the quality in after you have strenghted the core
You're going for a big catchBruce has always come across as ok to me.
It really is scandalous clubs attempting to block investment into another club. And for any lurking Geordies reading this, City have had to fight this kind of shit for over a decade, and if you were one of those mouthy twats who had a pop at City then tough shit, welcome to the real world.
The Abu Dhabi owned club have been accused of benefitting from related party transactions in the past.
True, but that long run gets even longer if they do drop, they then have to go up again without the inclusion of far better players.Watched them yesterday and they were poor, they are going down with a billion in the bank :)
In the long run it isn't going to hurt them at all though, it's just a matter of time until they get it right.
Funny how they never seem to notice all the anti-Arab rhetoric, Islamophobia, xenophobia and racism poured out in the mainstream media. Yet put a tea-towel on your head....So wearing a tea towel on your head is classed as racial discrimination.
When will these PC c*nts finally jump off the moral bandwagon? They are all trying to out do each other, and are all falling over each other to show they are more PC than each other. Too much power, influence, and money on their hands, with f*ck all else to do.
Good luck with the workshops in Newcastle.
Sportsmail has learned the equality and inclusion group are likely to offer education workshops in Newcastle to fans to explain how wearing tea towels in an attempt to impersonate Arabs could be considered racist, offensive, or culturally insensitive.
Senior figures at the FA are also concerned by the situation, and may become involved if it is not dealt with by the club.
The sight of many members of the Toon Army wearing tea towels was particularly jarring as it took place at the Premier League's No Room for Racism campaign, which will run over the next fortnight with fans being asked to challenge and report any incidents of discrimination.
The biggest myth among opposition supporters (mainly because they choose to believe it as it suits their narrative) is that the Etihad deal is overinflated. It arguably was at its inception, however, we have qualified for the CL every season for the last decade and won half the PL titles in that time. We have had several genuinely world class players (with the exposure for the club in association with that) during that period too. We are a hugely exposed and successful club. The agreement has also included stadium naming rights for good measure.https://theathletic.com/news/newcas...blocked-by-premier-league-clubs/2ftjnu6VjcFg/
The Athletic describing City as an Abu Dhabi owned club. It's beyond a joke how many people get this wrong these days and that City do nothing to correct mistakes like this and others.
Back on topic though:
I thought everyone knew related party sponsorships and commercial deals were never banned, they have been regulated from the introduction of FFP though. Any related party deals, still have to meet Fair Market Value requirements with UEFA's credited auditors. If the PL doesn't have a similar rule in place, then that's what they should be looking at instead. To ban them all together, would be a step too far and I can see what City are saying... So why can't any of our supposedly well educated journalists, see what City are saying in that statement?
City aren't saying this just because of a self interest in their own deals. UEFA's own auditors couldn't show the Etihad deal to be inflated, all the way back to 2014. The idea that they didn't look into it before then, is unlikely to me. They would have been looking into it from day 1 of that Etihad deal signed in 2011. Meaning, that it's very likely that the Etihad deal in particular, was never considered to be inflated by their own auditors, at any point. The CAS, as others have said, did not deem Etihad to be a related party either. So that argument fails on two counts.
To be fair, we talk about United & Liverpool as American-owned clubs because they're owned by Americans. So in that sense, we are an Abu Dhabi-owned club. But we aren't owned BY Abu Dhabi.https://theathletic.com/news/newcas...blocked-by-premier-league-clubs/2ftjnu6VjcFg/
The Athletic describing City as an Abu Dhabi owned club. It's beyond a joke how many people get this wrong these days and that City do nothing to correct mistakes like this and others.
God forbid anyone who dresses up in a shell-suit, curly wig & tash, the bloke running the Arabian derby (win a prize) in Blackpool will be fearing for his jobSo wearing a tea towel on your head is classed as racial discrimination.
When will these PC c*nts finally jump off the moral bandwagon? They are all trying to out do each other, and are all falling over each other to show they are more PC than each other. Too much power, influence, and money on their hands, with f*ck all else to do.
Good luck with the workshops in Newcastle.
Sportsmail has learned the equality and inclusion group are likely to offer education workshops in Newcastle to fans to explain how wearing tea towels in an attempt to impersonate Arabs could be considered racist, offensive, or culturally insensitive.
Senior figures at the FA are also concerned by the situation, and may become involved if it is not dealt with by the club.
The sight of many members of the Toon Army wearing tea towels was particularly jarring as it took place at the Premier League's No Room for Racism campaign, which will run over the next fortnight with fans being asked to challenge and report any incidents of discrimination.
Yeah I suppose a lot of fans do describe them as American owned clubs but the distinction doesn't need to be made as much there. I think because City continue to be held to a different standard of scrutiny, the Athletic were trying to push the state owned narrative there(drawing parallels to the Saudi's owning Newcastle). It's not like it would take too much effort from the author to make the correct distinction. Nor would City be being unreasonable by asking them to do so.To be fair, we talk about United & Liverpool as American-owned clubs because they're owned by Americans. So in that sense, we are an Abu Dhabi-owned club. But we aren't owned BY Abu Dhabi.
So if a Saudi goes to the Epsom Derby wearing top hat and tails he is being racist and guilty of cultural appropriation?Funny how they never seem to notice all the anti-Arab rhetoric, Islamophobia, xenophobia and racism poured out in the mainstream media. Yet put a tea-towel on your head....
And it's the fucking Mail reporting this as well. That is some irony.
Oh yes we are. That nice Mr Klopp says so, not to mention the Teabag.To be fair, we talk about United & Liverpool as American-owned clubs because they're owned by Americans. So in that sense, we are an Abu Dhabi-owned club. But we aren't owned BY Abu Dhabi.
No, no, no. Get it right....Only white people, the oppressors, can be guilty of cultural appropriation and only non-whites can be victims.So if a Saudi goes to the Epsom Derby wearing top hat and tails he is being racist and guilty of cultural appropriation?