PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

Bobby the blue said:
Didn’t spurs get deducted 12 points in the 90s that was later suspended or something. Same as Swindon town.
Can’t remember the ins and outs as I was a kid at the time.
Maybe some of the more senior members (most) will recall this.
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Yep, someone's already mentioned it... Sugar took it to court and wriggled out.. the brass neck of that club..

FA penalty hits Spurs for millions

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR last night received the heaviest punishment handed out by the Football Association. They were deducted 12 points from next season's Premiership total, banned from the FA Cup for the same season, and fined pounds 600,000 as well as being ordered to pay the costs of yesterday's...
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
 
jrb said:
No way are Mansour, Khaldoon and City going to accept fines and penalties. That would be saying and admitting City are guilty.

City did that the first time with UEFA, even though they didn’t want to, took the pinch, and then UEFA went after City agin, eventually losing at CAS.
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Took a pinch but not again
Khaldoon >
"But for the moment he said City have to ‘take a pinch’ and swallow the penalties handed out for their breach of financial fair play rules"
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Khaldoon hits out at UEFA over Financial Fair Play

City chairman 'disagrees' with UEFA findings, insists club will continue with a financial model he calls 'right for football' and makes a thinly-veiled dig at United's owners the Glazers.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
 
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Fleksnes said:
As a fan of another team, I find this very interesting. But what strikes me after reading a lot of this thread is that there's a lot of blame-game going on here. I've read a lot of blame towards other clubs, the FA and PL, but very few, if any, are talking about the real case and the substance in the accusations. If there's done something wrong, which the enquiry will find out, surely there has to be consequences?
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You are on City forum. What do you expect? We are pissed off. This is where we come to vent spleen. So, thanks for stating the obvious.

Whilst we are supposedly in blaming others in your view. Fans of other clubs are doing a shed load of gloating.

This is an emotional moment for all of us.

If City have done wrong following an unbiased process then there should be appropriate punishment once all appeals have been completed.
 
Tomblue said:
Feels like the endgame to me this.
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Endgame???

Sorry mate but in my bones I am certain that the club will still be alive and prospering in 100 years time. I don't know if we are going to come out of this completely exonerated, with a slap on the wrist, or with the book thrown at us and points deducted, trophies removed and relegated.

But there is no way on earth this is an "endgame". It's just a phase and we will come through it, stronger.
 
When you think about the tired greedy old men in the FA and their spineless lackeys who only arselick the rags and scousers, pitted against a slick international businessman like Khaldoon, with his connections way beyond football, there really can only be one winner. The FA are like a local working men’s’ club trying to take on Microsoft.
 
Fleksnes said:
As a fan of another team, I find this very interesting. But what strikes me after reading a lot of this thread is that there's a lot of blame-game going on here. I've read a lot of blame towards other clubs, the FA and PL, but very few, if any, are talking about the real case and the substance in the accusations. If there's done something wrong, which the enquiry will find out, surely there has to be consequences?
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Thanks for popping in.
 
domalino said:
I think you should have reasonable faith in the 3 man panel. They are going to be very serious career lawyers and judges who have bigger concerns than their own football fandom and know their work is likely going to be reviewed by one of the highest courts in the land and have a lot of public scrutiny.

It's similar to the CAS panel, not UEFA's kangaroo hearing.
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I’m calling bullshit, ones a fucking Arsenal fan ffs.
 
domalino said:
I think you should have reasonable faith in the 3 man panel. They are going to be very serious career lawyers and judges who have bigger concerns than their own football fandom and know their work is likely going to be reviewed by one of the highest courts in the land and have a lot of public scrutiny.

It's similar to the CAS panel, not UEFA's kangaroo hearing.
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I'll have you a tenner Charity bet they won't apply the same logic and reasoning they usually have when it comes to this debate, they've already made their decision egged on by the Yank influencers. They'll dismiss some of the charges to make it look fair but there'll be enough guilty affirmations to give the Premier League permission to apply whatever punishment they wish. Our hopes lie with the Appeal process, if we're allowed that.
 
City Raider said:
I’ve been impressed with Khaldoon and the leadership since the takeover. Everything has always seemed measured, controlled, slick. I’ve often wondered if this is just brilliant presentation or is there substance. I guess we’re about to find out.
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Khaldoon is one of the brightest, substantial men on the planet.

One of HH Sheikh Mansour’s closest and most trusted advisers.

He has access to to Kings, Heads of State, Royal Families, Ambassadors,Banks, Financiers and elite businessmen globally.

His integrity and reputation is beyond question and he won’t have risked a lifetime of credit to cook City’s books.

“ Clear & Obvious - Once and for all”
 
hammocity said:
So, do you think every club should be scrutinised like we are? Guessing you have come on here to gloat.
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It's a bit like City's media dept on here sometimes.....the board is just too nice and accommodating.

I can except 'others' being in their own teams threads, maybe for a say double our charges, so couple of hundred posts before they're let loose on other topics.

This one is obviously close to our heart and letting fucking no marks prod us isn't going to end well for any of us.
 
Tomblue said:
Feels like the endgame to me this. They want to get us for something and will likely succeed.

They can't take away the last decade the memories will last forever and whatever comes next I will always be thankful for the club and the ownership.

CTID.
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Endgame?

"Endgame" was 1998. "Endgame" was 2008. We survived those. We are much too big to be fully taken down now, too many invested parties interested in our continued success. All the PL have done is exposed their flies at us. We should give them a swift kicking.
 
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