PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[domalino]

On 5Live - Simon Stone ( I know I know ) reckons this is being done by the FA to prove they can administer their game to try and head off the govt imposing their own Independent Overseer on them - if thats the case I hope we lawyer up and smash the FA so that their stunt blows up in their fucking faces and they get some Govt donor appointed to tell they what they can and cannot do

The fa are not involved in this at all.

It’s a premier league investigation that’s resulted in a premier league charge and will be decided by a premier league appointed panel.

 

[LIBlue]

Soriano particularly needs to speak up now!

I’d think his lawyers said don’t speak or else he would

 

[splinter]

I take it we're all going to fired up for the villa game..Time to circle the wagons blues

 

[MadchesterCity]

Imagine the bile thrown at us if we did go on to win the prem or champs league this season, lol

I hope we do more than ever now

 

[mcfcpride]

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Sounds like when we failed UEFA FFP in around 2015. We worked with UEFA along the process, did everything they asked of us, organised everything according to the rules, handed everything in before the deadline but after that and before the deadline UEFA moved the goalposts and we could do nothing about it.

 

[Bluearmy]

Back tracking so fast he is moonwalking

Is it the same guy?! Interesting take if he has changed his stance so much in a couple of hours……

 

[Ric]

Was a bit despondent this morning when the news first broke, but feeling a bit more bullish since reading the Simon Mullock article. Would love it if we prevailed again.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

If this is true, and the premier league have rushed this through without notifying the club and then fucked up the announcement it is a real, real fuck up.

 

[MarsLlama]

A small thing but I reckon enough to sow some very useful doubt about the legitimacy of the allegations. "They couldn't even decide what they were accusing us of".

 

[argyle]

No. You’re still talking absolute shite.

Manchester City’s Auditors and accountants have no business knowing about if Al-Jazira payed Mancini millions.

The Premier League however, does, because they need all remuneration including from related parties to be disclosed.

37,000 posts on Bluemoon and you're accusing others of talking shite ;)

For the league to prove that we paid Mancini millions from wherever they would have to have that information. I doubt the PL can get that information themselves, therefore an government agency would be needed?

And what about the charge of inflating profits?

 

[domalino]

Let’s hope they were smart enough to take screenshots.

 

[Dukefan9]

The more City leak about it to their sources (if they’re accurate) the more confident I am

 

[GOULDYBOBS]

I take it we're all going to fired up for the villa game..Time to circle the wagons blues

Got to be a new chant in there somewhere. Will end up singing about Jonny Stones eventually

 

[LIBlue]

Was a bit despondent this morning when the news first broke, but feeling a bit more bullish since reading the Simon Mullock article. Would love it if we prevailed again.

Same I always ignore until the club make a statement. The fact no one resigned like juve means there’s substance behind it. Still early days though but bullish af

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Was a bit despondent this morning when the news first broke, but feeling a bit more bullish since reading the Simon Mullock article. Would love it if we prevailed again.

For anyone who wants to read it.

Man City knew charges were coming as plan to clear reputation emerges

Manchester City have been charged by the Premier League for breaking over 100 financial rules after the organisation underwent a four-year investigation in the club

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[domalino]

A small thing but I reckon enough to sow some very useful doubt about the legitimacy of the allegations. "They couldn't even decide what they were accusing us of".

It’s more like they couldn’t even attach the right clause/rule number to the right charge.

As was pointed out they change a lot year to year, so rule E.3.2 might mean something totally different in the 2022 rule book to the 2016 one.

 

[Colin Bell (genuine name)]

Nothing but a fucking witch hunt

Sick of it

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I hope this pisses the owners off. I wanna see khaldoon and 100 lawyers throw down and settle for nothing less than 100% innocent and written apologies. Hopefully it's the last straw, also sets some fireworks off under some of our players.

I really hope it spurs (no pun intended) them into buying a left back.

 

[BillyShears]

Was a bit despondent this morning when the news first broke, but feeling a bit more bullish since reading the Simon Mullock article. Would love it if we prevailed again.

Same. Maybe because it was the morning after the game yesterday, but I was pretty miserable this morning after this broke. Maybe a moment that felt as bleak as the Super League moment did. But yeah, having read that and some of the stuff around the white paper, I hope we fight like bastards and send this commission packing.