PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

tolmie's hairdoo said:
There are certainly wider ramifications at stake than just sticking it to City.

Humiliating Abu Dhabi is not a wise move.

They will come for the things these wankers love the most.
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This is political. The FA PL is acting tough to do their best to avoid government regulation. The reaction from Abu Dhabi is of minor concern.
 
2infinity&beyond said:
Lets face it. It comes down to who has the best lawyers. I would back Sheik Monseur.
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How are we going to quash or overturn over 100 charges though, no matter how good the lawyers are?
I’m genuinely interested in how this can happen
I’d assume some of them are going to be there in black and white
 
I just can't see why successful businessmen like sheikh mansour and khaldoon would want to damage their reputation, their business, the business bought, jeopordise the livelihoods of the people employed, risk the future of an established football club.

Absolutely no way on gods earth have we been hoodwinked by the CFG like the premier league are making out.

The longer i think about it the more i think how much of a farce today has been, infact it has been comical.

It's almost like the premier league has woke up in a right shitty arse mood and thought right someone is getting it today, had a meltdown in the bathroom, noticed our name on a newspaper and thought right them cunts are getting both barrels and had the mother of all meltdowns.

It really is bizarre.
 
cheekybids said:
I have a legal case with my ex employer where some of the accusations put to me in a public forum were factually incorrect. However, because of their bias & blind spots they never hesitated. I would respond with facts but never under estimate when someone starts out looking for bad practice (especially when under applied pressure) they will continue. They also showed contempt to the impacts this can have on others as the further they go in they are no longer impartial as they have to prove they are right to save face.
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Had something recently on a smaller scale with my current employer over something contractual.
HR tried to gaslight me for months despite me asking for copies of policies to back up their stance over something I was due.
I produced documents to refute their claim which they tried to claim weren't relevant.
Submitted a 100 page grievance and they backed down straightaway.
My point is you're right about people with blinkers and bad intentions digging themselves into a hole to try and save face.
 
PhdWave said:
I wouldn't be surprised if the club is doing a check just in case. Just because we suspected and are investigating it doesnt mean there is a whistle blower.

On the other hand, the fact that we are doing a check in the first place seems a bit worrying..
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Oh come on, man fucking up. The Athfuckin'letic invent a story which conveniently mentions City doing checks.
Do you honestly think the Athfuckin'letic have got someone inside City leaking info to them ?
This investigation has been going on for 4 years and a grass has only just been mentioned !
Fuck me, between you lot who get upset if nasty people say stuff on twitter and those that will believe anything and everything said by no mark pretend journalists, there really are no brains
 
manimanc said:
The premier league are shitting it that we'll win the prem 3 on the bounce.

Absolutely bricking it.

We should warm up sunday, let the ref blow for kick off and then the whole team just leave the pitch to the tune of the whole stadium singing you can stick your fuckin charges up your arse.
The premier league want drama, they've created a huge shitstorm, what better way to bring it to the whole world watching.

Fuck em
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Get them to watch us for 20 minutes. They wouldn’t shit it from us winning a league that’s for sure.

Us walking off would be something they’ll love, publicity and another stick to beat us with. If they are indeed shitting a third title win on the bounce, they’d rub their hands at us and walking off
 
At least there's one positive... UEFA/G14 have stopped trying to pass off FFP as tackling debt in football. Now we know FFP does exactly what it says on the tin...

If UEFA/G14 don't think it's fair that others should challenge the elite clubs, then they apply FFP to stop em.

We've been saying from the outset that FFP was about stopping City & preserving the position of football's elite clubs. Curbing debt in football was bollocks.

City can take out a £1bn bank loan & spunk it on a new squad. However, if Sheikh Mansour was to invest £1bn of his own money, that's unfair to the elite teams!

The same elite teams who've spent king's ransoms over decades to get to the exalted positions in football they hold today...
 
Says a lot about PL standards when club owners like Glazers are free to remove 2 billion out of one of the biggest clubs in the league without a single finger being lifted by football authorities to stop it, but when ambitious owners from the "wrong" side of the globe comes in and want to invest money in English football, they are the ones that "must be stopped at all costs", even to the point a court decision wasnt enough to stop a 4 year investigation. Insanity.
 
domalino said:
1) It doesn't predate his involvement with Manchester City. I don't know why I keep seeing this phrase regurgitated. He signed both contracts on the same day.

2) Because a Manchester City executive wrote an email stating "We have some payments that require to be made by Al Jazira. We will need to send monies to ADUG and ADUG will then pass on to Al Jazira with payment instruction."

That's a Manchester City employee writing that, not an Al-Jazira one.

Very difficult to argue these are 2 unrelated jobs when people from City's holding company are discussing how they'll send money to the second company to pay Mancini.
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I’ve not seen or read about that. I understood he already had a consultancy with Al Jazeera and that was why it was so easy to get him. Can you point me in the right direction to read this about signing both contracts at the same time.
 
OrigamiNinja said:
tolmie's hairdoo said:
We need to refrain from the whataboutery, life is full of it and is ignored as and when required.

Don't bother wasting oxygen with people on Twitter or armchair fiscal experts.

When things are serious, people such as President Biden have to jump on a plane to Saudi and fist-bump the Crown Prince to beg for more oil.

Or Trump travels to Abu Dhabi and is told where to sit by Sheikh Mansour.

This is so much bigger than City if it comes to it.

If we think the UK is in trouble now, wait until Sunak picks up the blower and is told £50bn is being invested elsewhere.
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With all respect, I don’t see that at all. Sounds unlikely that Mansour will not treat his business/ investments separately (and yes I get the irony with that and the allegations).

He is not ringing Sunak and asking the Govt to sort this out for me.

However, if he was to say give evidence (written or via video link) it would take a massively brave person to throw any shade on any evidence given.
 
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