PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[NeilMcnabTwoFooted]

Chelsea was a precedent and the charges against us cover a much longer period and more numerous.

who’s bothered if it’s the league, why the premier league the bastion of fairness truth & everything above board now is it?

 

[argyle]

Must have proof to charge us surely.

In that case lets get rid of all defence barristers as a charge must equal guilty

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Well time to unlock the vault with all the shit we have amassed over the years about other clubs, and pigmol, and the prem league. If you wanna fight over ethics , illegal payments , financial irregularities etc you better be squeaky clean yourself . Let's take down this corrupt league once and for all.

Erm... the time to do that would be before we were charged.

 

[bluedanza]

If we get relegated, can we bring back David Silva and Dzeko?

 

[Corky]

You obviously don't know the guidelines for false accounting and disingenuous auditing.

An internal auditor is normally outsourced and they find different things when you change them, it isn't fool proof.

Also audited by PL auditors - why would they be disingenuous? If I give an accountant a load of receipts and miss out all cash payments he wouldn't have a clue, hence the disclaimer.

 

[Blue Maverick]

So the dippers and United get to share our titles who has the most now!

 

[chesterbells]

98 charges. Only one of them needs to stick and we are toast. Doesn't look good.

Must the PL have invested massive resources for years to unearth all this, or got a whistleblower? The magnitude just seems incredible. Talk about going to town.

 

[MarsLlama]

Umm what? Quite uncalled for that

Why would you demand that he lists the charges when the PL have released a statement listing the charges? Why can't people just read that?

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

I love this forum, but what I'd give right now for someone who has read and understood the charges and has been following the case closely enough to know what they're talking about.

 

[Indaparkside]

Will we lose our champions league trophy

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Can someone remind me what the date is? Seems like I woke up in 2014.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Quite looking forward to Lincoln away next season. Beats going to Spurs anyway.

 

[NeilMcnabTwoFooted]

It just makes you want to fuck it all off, honestly. If we've broken the rules (big if) then I'll be fucking gutted. If we haven't, and it's another witch hunt, then I'm just about fucking sick of this sport.

we’ve done nowt wrong it’s witchhunt same as the rest, stop panicking, ridiculous

 

[Brad mcfc]

If we get relegated, we should bring back David Silva and Dzeko

Micah richards and Zabba too?

Can't wait.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

The hacked documents and the previous breaches outlined by UEFA but time-barred by CAS told everyone there were bodies buried in our garden.

Sure, the neighbours might have some, but no one knows if they do or not, so they've got no cause to investigate it.

So basically, it's all that **** Rui Pinto's fault.

 

[BlueCityfan]

When it rains, it pours.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Right I'm off to do the spring garden tidy...back in a couple of hours for another 300+ pages.

CTID

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

It looks like a lot of potential breaches but christ knows to what they're actually about.

I imagine @projectriver is going to be busy again...

Most of the allegations seem to be nothing to do with the UEFA FFP rules. The early charges relate to payments for Mancini and Pellegrini (presumably consultants fees) which has gone on for years at other clubs.

 

[cheekybids]

I’m backing City to smash this out of the park. It’s been corrupt for years so why wouldn’t this be.

We are being treated like we have weapons of mass destruction, if enough gang up on us the truth will be lost.

I believe our people over the others until proven.

 

[RobinHood]

Mountains and mole hills come to mind.