PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Keeper!]

I wish I shared your confidence that all QC's are holier-than-thou but I don't. He is very well qualified for the role but I've just read he's an Arsenal ST holder, that has me concerned towards his impartiality.

In my experience QC's are are serious players and don't *uck about

 

[ElMago_DSilva]

This must feel like a lottery win to every degenerate journalist. This shit will stick forever.

Barney Ronay, Jonathan Liew, David Conn, Nick Harris, Ewan McKenna, Tariq Panja, Miguel Delaney and anyone else I've missed...

They all look like they could do with getting laid every once in a while.

 

[EdersonsSmiley]

It's an interesting question.

If Sheikh Mansour felt like topping up Mancini's or Yaya's salary by £5m per year, how does the PL have the ability to find out or prove it?

They could have emails from the leak discussing it, but they can't have any financial records which makes proving it impossible.

I don't think there has ever been a club sanctioned for unofficial payments.

For example, Barca were never investigated for paying for prostitutes for Neymar's dad, alongside all the other alleged extras in that transfer.

Tapping up players is also against the rules but never seems to be enforced.

If our accounts are watertight which the CAS case would imply then we should be fine. I think a fine and possibly small transfer ban for not cooperating/small breaks in the rules.

 

[SSL2]

what a fuckin unbearable bellend this bloke is.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Accounts filed at CH wouldn’t show key details around contracts, wages and sponsorship nor would they show transactions between players, sponsors or managers made with off shore companies.

So what are you saying? They asked for details of payments between players, sponsors or managers made with "off shore" companies, we said there aren't any, and they said non-compliance? Or they asked for the accounting of all "off shore" companies, we said fuck off and they said non-compliance?

Appreciate your input, but we have been down this road before. As one of the "enemy" it would be better to keep quiet until this calms down a little.

 

[Uptop]

It was nice messaging with you all, does anyone know the name of the Chelsea forum?

 

[Mr Edward's shoe mirror]

A few concerning bits from this news.

A four year investigation. So the club are fully aware about this and have been keeping the wolf from the door, so to speak.
100+ reported breaches. Even if a quarter of them are proved correct, then it could be relegation from the PL.

 

[cleavers]

I don't think there has ever been a club sanctioned for unofficial payments.

We might as well be the first then !

 

[halfcenturyup]

And how would that help City?

Well, we wouldn't lose any more bloody games, that's for sure!

 

[melrose40yarder]

It was all fine when Livarpool,Scum and Arse were chucking dough around.Now someone is richer than them its not fair.Lets make up some rules which we dont have to abide by.
The letter writers are all cunts.

 

[Norbert D]

Question, if when this “independent “ enquiry finds us guilty and they recommend whatever, fifty lashes etc, can the club appeal? if The sanction is so severe it puts the whole business at risk can City take it to the High Court?

 

[citymad]

What

Abbot and Costello.. never mind. Just trying to take my mind off this crap.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

I can’t keep up - stop posting and get back to work you cunts

 

[Keeper!]

We couldn't influence the investigation other than comply with it as ordered by the courts as City have said in the statement
"given the extensive engagement and vast amount of detailed materials that the EPL has been provided with"

"body of irrefutable evidence"

"As such we look forward to this matter being put to rest once and for all".

I would expect nothing less, it's a very frank no nonsense reply but I say again, if we are so innocent this would have stopped long ago.

We all know there has been a vendetta against the club and owner, my long term worry has always been why the club allowed that narrative to go on for so long.

The abuse the Nation of Abu Dhabi has received is appalling, why no fight back at any time?

 

[halfcenturyup]

A few concerning bits from this news.

A four year investigation. So the club are fully aware about this and have been keeping the wolf from the door, so to speak.
100+ reported breaches. Even if a quarter of them are proved correct, then it could be relegation from the PL.

Sigh.

 

[homerdog]

I think these charges have made this a lot more serious than anyone thought.

No one expected this to go any further, this is a shocker today.

As said earlier, if we are so squeaky clean why have we let it go on for so long?

Stop talking bollocks for a change, you have no idea what is going on here.

 

[unexpected item]

#PeptoChelsea trending on Twitter. Predictable.

 

[jaiguruKun]

Question, if when this “independent “ enquiry finds us guilty and they recommend whatever, fifty lashes etc, can the club appeal? if The sanction is so severe it puts the whole business at risk can City take it to the High Court?

Yes which is where the whole sorry episode will come to its conclusion.

 

[MadchesterCity]

All teams will have broken the rules to some degree – certain clubs (that wear red)... will have been at it for years, however it's only us that have been microscopically looked at!
This investigation must have have been a huge undertaking, no way they would do that for all teams!

Well there is therefore a question of integrity, why were Manchester City targeted?

 

[Jacko1956]

In my experience QC's are are serious players and don't *uck about

Leeds have just sacked Marsh so pieces of shit like Nick Harris can report on what they get paid to do for a change ! His last comments on twitter are liable and should be shown to City !