PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[andthesunshineband]

York now has a capacity of 1.35 million

I think it always had it mate

 

[Scaley]

Yep, he shouldn't be hung out to dry. Someone senior to him needs to step the fuck up for a change

Pep shouldn’t be obliged to speak about an ongoing investigation or whatever it is, if some balloon asks about it I’d just get up and leave the room, not like they’ll have anything positive to say in the first place fucking rats.

 

[danielwood5]

He's in court all day today. Hopefully tomorrow.

On an unrelated note, Soriano should go at the end of this season. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the PL investigations, all of this stuff has happened under his watch, and City have flown too close to the sun too many times in the pursuit of maximum commercial growth.

Aren't most of the charges from before Soriano's time though? It'd have been Garry Cook and Co for most of this stuff.

 

[Shaffer92]

Don't be dramatic.

Pep didn't act like he gave a shit with the UEFA stuff and he'll carry on as normal with this.

He clearly did 'give a shit', though... Just look at how the club reacted when the charges were dismissed.

 

[HelloCity]

No matter the outcome, they’ll always be another case. I knew even after CAS that something would come up again later down the line. It just won’t end until Mansour is gone. That’s the goal.

 

[PistonBlue]

Farcical this tbh. As an Everton fan, these rules are a shambles from the get go anyway. Can bet who this has been pushed and pushed by - our loveable neighbours no doubt. Fine with stealing your scouting info though.

Football sustainability should always be about clubs safety. Instead of targeting clubs wanting to invest, why not take aim at Madrid, Barca, Utd who are saddled with hundreds of millions of debt to line their owners pockets.

Hope you not only get found innocent, you manage to get the whole finance/FFP pony show obliterated while you are there.

Let's be honest here, none of us knows for sure if City have been naughty or not. We do know there has been a concerted effort to reign us in (The shithouse 9) and that certain clubs have way too much influence in the Premier League hierarchy. I can only hope and pray that we blow these allegations out of the water, and when we do, I hope we blow the whole fucking house of cards down.
Failing that, see you all at Macc away

 

[maurizio]

Last night I felt really crap after a poor showing at Spurs. Now I'm feeling better weirdly. I always felt more connected to my club when our backs were against the wall. Us against the football world. This shit has gone on too long. Bring on our opposition. I'm going to give us loud support on Sunday.

 

[waspish]

have you seen the state of some of these charges. weve alledgedly broken these two ....

K.20. The height of the pitch grass shall not exceed 30mm and the entire playing surface
must be cut to the same height. The grass shall be cut so as to display straight,
parallel lines across the entire width of the pitch, perpendicular to the touchlines. No
other form of pitch presentation (such as circular or diagonal patterns) is permitted.

K.12. Each Club shall provide accommodation capable of being used as a drug-testing
room which shall be near the Players’ and Match Officials’ dressing rooms and
inaccessible to the public and media.

If we had a shit hole like the swamp they’d a thousand offences! That place is a health and safety death trap

 

[paulchapo]

Do you think top players are going to join in the summer after this? Or if even a single one of the allegations is true Pep will stay? You're a plastic - just pretending its all sound because you went FA cup last week is not going to solve the problem. We are being accused of accounting fraud.

Same answer applies. Fuck off.

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Do think it would be funny if the fact they’ve basically said there is no time limit on things for PL investigations that we can actually prove once and for all that they’re conniving dodgy biased cunts and it all unravels.

Imagine dying on your own hubris

 

[halfcenturyup]

He's in court all day today. Hopefully tomorrow.

On an unrelated note, Soriano should go at the end of this season. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the PL investigations, all of this stuff has happened under his watch, and City have flown too close to the sun too many times in the pursuit of maximum commercial growth.

I am not a "Soriano is a god" kind of guy at all, but that's a weird take.

 

[Scaley]

I don't think it's saying there's no right of appeal, just specifying where/how a club would appeal. (I'm not a lawyer, as I said - just giving my interpretation of the language.)

Me neither mate, missus is a solicitor both kids studying law, the days of me being the smartest person in the room (if I ever was) are well and truly gone!

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

And where the fuck have u been all day?

Some young new driver reversed in to my passenger side door this morning :(

Knew it was gonna be a bad day!!

 

[Jack Hackett]

I can’t help but think there’s more to this than meets the eye when you take into account the Government’s White Paper on football regulation and the recent criticism of PL spending by large European clubs fearing their leagues are becoming inferior by comparison to the all mighty PL. Especially when you consider Chelsea spent more than the rest of Europe in the January transfer window.

It also begs the question what the motivation was in the summer just gone in selling Jesus, Zinchenko and Sterling and the recent Cancelo loan deal.

Conspiracy theories will likely abound but I can’t help thinking this is more about politics than rule breaches. In any event, I suspect this will drag on for a year or two.

 

[gazbaz]

Is that the UK law standard?

I thought it was beyond any reasonable doubt, or something. There is often reasonable doubt in these financial cases.

I think it's 'beyond reasonable doubt' in a criminal case, but the burden of proof isn't as high in a civil case. Not sure how it's worded but it's along the lines of reasonable standard I think.

 

[malg]

When we go down will we have a £bn in the bank? It would be nice to be able to keep that song

 

[BillyShears]

Aren't most of the charges from before Soriano's time though? It'd have been Garry Cook and Co for most of this stuff.

There's charges for every season since 2008/2009. That in and of itself is insane. The level of breakdown in diplomacy that there needs to be for this to happen is off the scale. Yes, City have had a target on their backs for ages, but we still need to exist and co-exist in the PL. UEFA are a different kettle of fish, but at home we needed a much better tactic than "fuck the fuck off we're better than you and we've got more lawyers than you".

 

[citizen_maine]

Club statement says "Manchester City FC is surprised by the issuing of these alleged breaches..." which seems to say that we weren't prepared or expecting the charges.

Or they're surprised the PL were stupid enough to go through with it

 

[loio]

We don't have to disprove it, they have to prove we did, to a reasonable standard.

Since they have charged and there is no appeals process to CAS it doesn't feel that straightforward really

 

[Keeper!]

I have just spoken to a friend inside CFG.

They aren't worried, and neither should we be.

There are no surprises. Khaldoon will burn down the entire Premier League house if it comes to it.

Not doubting a word your saying, but if it is so clear cut on our side, why has it gone on so long, I would think it's in the clubs interest to sort this, it does our reputation and the owners Nation's reputation so much damage.

And again this must be costing and will cost the PL ten's of millions in legal fees alone, not sure they are as daft as to continue for no reason.