PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[jrb]

It comes across as the club don’t know whether they will get found guilty or not tbh , putting a statement saying “we haven’t been naughty boys” just frankly doesn’t cut it . We are making BBC and ITV headlines at the ten o’clock news ffs. Soriano or Khaldoon need to find their fucking bollocks tbh and put out a televised statement- the fact they won’t or can’t because maybe they have been “naughty boys” actually speaks volumes in a way , if we are that sure without doubt then they need to come out swinging tbh , as fucking usual ,Soriano never comes out to defend OUR club , the self serving hide away in the background tosser that he is , sort your shit our boss , because one thing i know as a business owner , that if anyone pointed a finger at me knowing i was “not guilty” I’d have THEM in court and not the other way round , as per , it’s stick your head in the sand from the powers that be.

For the love of God and Allah!

‘A televised statement’.

Just when I thought this thread couldn’t get anymore ridiculous!

 

[Withnail]

Pep's pre match press conference will be fun on Friday. That wank stain Stone won't be able to contain himself.

 

[Bodicoteblue]

Hmm says the fan of a club that cheated its way into the top flight, was funded by an oligarch and has outspent everyone else despite not having Champions League football. How’s George Graham doing these days.. you fuckin hypocrite!

And don’t forget Danny Fiszman’s blood diamond money made on the backs of slave labour conditions for black miners in apartheid S. Africa.
So we‘ll take no lectures from them.

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

Chelsea are next in line

They aren’t. Their owners aren’t Arabic. Did you forget ?

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

I was just about to post something similar. I’ve had fans of other clubs, Manchester United (2 of my brothers), PNE, Liverpool, Sunderland, Everton and Bolton Wanderers.

I’ve put their proper names (apart from PNE) as a courtesy for their support. :-)

Always a small ‘u’ for the rags Eccles ; )

 

[blueparrot]

It comes across as the club don’t know whether they will get found guilty or not tbh , putting a statement saying “we haven’t been naughty boys” just frankly doesn’t cut it . We are making BBC and ITV headlines at the ten o’clock news ffs. Soriano or Khaldoon need to find their fucking bollocks tbh and put out a televised statement- the fact they won’t or can’t because maybe they have been “naughty boys” actually speaks volumes in a way , if we are that sure without doubt then they need to come out swinging tbh , as fucking usual ,Soriano never comes out to defend OUR club , the self serving hide away in the background tosser that he is , sort your shit our boss , because one thing i know as a business owner , that if anyone pointed a finger at me knowing i was “not guilty” I’d have THEM in court and not the other way round , as per , it’s stick your head in the sand from the powers that be.

Thats not how this stuff works, it isn’t a shouting match, All legal advice will be say nothing.

 

[Jack Hackett]

what company did our accounts? did they not do any audit on them over last 10 years?

Auditors can only look at transactions within the company they are auditing. They do not have access to transactions made by other entities such as the shareholders, for example.

 

[johnnytapia]

I doubt the legal team would advise them to come out swinging. Attorneys tend to tell you you are better off keeping your mouth shut. Talk is cheap anyways..our accusers won't believe it

Money talks, wealth whispers.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

To be honest, I’m not surprised at the dubious charges and that certain PL clubs have forced this through. Neither am I worried as I trust in the fact that we have ducks in a row. However, I am angry, once again, that another establishment has buckled to those who only cater for themselves.

And, if anybody tries to give me shit about this, they are getting it both barrels. I suggest every Blue does the same.

 

[eversince 76]

Can’t judge on any of the charges tbf. Simply lack of knowledge. And I’m not gonna pretend I do know.

What I do know is I’m slowly but surely fed up with these stories, and everything that can be related to any financial circumstances.

If we get relegated 2 divisions so be it. I’ve been there before.

 

[Jack Hackett]

They aren’t. Their owners aren’t Arabic. Did you forget ?

Well, regardless, I think this will have put the wind up Boehly.

 

[Ric]

I'm a lot more optimistic than this morning. I just find it very unlikely that 9 years of audits didn't bring up anything and HMRC didn't mention anything either.

As Stefan said, these are extremely serious allegations. There is not much middle ground here. I’m hopeful that the PL, like UEFA, have gone all in, in an attempt to look strong and appease certain clubs, but now have a big job on their hands to prove their allegations. As the CAS ruling said, it would “mean that not only [Manchester City] lied to the [Football Association] and UEFA, but also that accountancy firms such as BDO, Deloitte, Ernst & Young and AlixPartners […] were all misled”. That’s a very big claim.

 

[Silva2021]

He doesn't need to ring Sunak. Abu Dhabi aren't going to continue investing in a country which has accused them of fraud.

I get that but if they think it makes business sense, then I still think they will.

That said I have no real idea.

You seem well connected and said City are not surprised by this, so hopefully we are well prepared.

 

[SilvaisSkyBlue]

Yes it referred to all the leaked emails, of which the Mancini/Al Jazira/ADUG email was one.

So it's really not worth trying to argue these emails are fake when the club's own general council isn't.

And again, you cannot as it does not exist as yet show that CAS or anyone else was referring to the exact email you said did already exist. CAS and City were referring to the existence of the Der Spiegel emails and acknowledging such.

So in future, hold back if you can when trying to get one over on someone with so called emails that have as yet never been proven to exist, you in your haste stated the email as if it was already in the public view.

 

[Don Karleone]

Always a small ‘u’ for the rags Eccles ; )

Yup. After the C and before the nts

 

[KingGeorge]

If we are not guilty , what have we to worry about ? It’s a very simple question mate tbh

I would just operate under the assumption that the lawyers told them it is best to keep your mouth shut. Lawyers almost always advise the accused to do that. Soriano can come out and say all this is meritless and nobody will listen to him anyways. We have to clear our name through the legal means at our disposal.

I can sympathize with people on here who want to come out swinging, but we need to be careful how we operate.

 

[JWP1926]

Some great points being made on the twitter spaces rundown of today's announcement. The biggest for me is that this announcement will begin conversations in the likes of Whitehall as one of our main trading parties as a country is the UAE.

You can't have one the UKs biggest exports in the premier league accuse one of it's biggest contributors in Manchester City of 9 years of fraudulent accounts with the associations we have to the UAE.

Khaldoon and the other associated board members at City will be making some pretty big phone calls over the coming weeks and months which could affect this country's foreign policy.

 

[Jacko1956]

Yes it referred to all the leaked emails, of which the Mancini/Al Jazira/ADUG email was one.

So it's really not worth trying to argue these emails are fake when the club's own general council isn't.

They can't use this as evidence unlike UEFA third hand none collaborated evidence from outside parties is not submitable ! So that's one nil to City already !

 

[Eccles Blue]

Always a small ‘u’ for the rags Eccles ; )

*lol* I was being nice as they were being supportive of me and my team. Believe me my brothers are rarely supportive of City! (Except when we beat them lot down the East Lancs). :-)

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

Well, regardless, I think this will have put the wind up Boehly.

Rubbish. Boehly will be very good friends of the Henry’s, Glaziers and the Kranks at Arsenal. Private equity in USA is a very small circle. This whole thing is USA led ffs.