PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

bobbyowenquiff said:
This piece was written by someone called Colin Willcocks who appears to have lifted it from an Italian website. Presumably he has no idea of how media law works in cases of defamation because he has put his future career at risk with that article. It would be an easy win for City.
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Hopefully – I just hope the club has now realised that trying to play nice with these cnuts has not won over their hearts and minds, so let's just destroy them instead
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Premier League lawyers are Bird and Bird?

You mean the same lawyers as Arsenal's...
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City can't be happy about the arsenal fan Murray Rosen KC appointed as head of the "independent commission" can they? He was obviously appointed before we were even charged, that doesn't scream independent or correct due process to me.
 
The fight with united, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal Is political using the premier league to do their dirty work. Now in politics, we all know dodgy shit goes on with expenses etc but you don’t go after the money men. No one really wants to know about the dodgy deals that exist.

The premier has lit a fuse that will destroy them. The clubs win either way. Top 4 resumes or super league returns.

City stuck in the Middle East taking hits from all sides. No one is clean but we are no dirtier than the other 19 teams. The right result will prevail because we have not broken the law of the land. Football finance has tired itself up in knots to placate the few. Greedy bastards have eaten themselves from within.

City have a chance here to come out and turn the tide. They believe nothing illegal has occurred. We made a mistake with the super league let’s put that right now.
 
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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Consequences should be as follows
We are cleared of all wrongdoing and get the Sheikh to fund the purchase of all the Premier League clubs that have tried to stitch us up and sell all their players and knock the fucking grounds down.
Being found guilty
Not an option as I'm convinced we wil be cleared..no proof of my beliefs just my honest opinion
 
coolcity said:
It's already been said that there's no way this will be settled this season, it's far too complex. It's taken them 5 years to get this far.
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I know. I made a comment about it taking 4 years for the premier league to lay charges and apparently we have until 23rd Feb to respond (according to this thread). Somebody replied it shouldn’t take long to respond if we‘ve done nothing wrong (or words to that effect) and my last response was responding back to them.
 
Big Dave Watson said:
Just want to throw this one out there.

Over the past few days I have read numerous posts saying “I couldn’t sleep last night…..” etc so just wondering if ‘when’ City are exonerated could fans go after the Premier League for causing unecessary personal stress and anxiety?

Just curious, can any legal experts out there answer this?
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Bloody hell. Change your user name mate, you've gone and embarrassed both yourself and Dave with that post.

"Personal stress and anxiety"... fucking hell.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Premier League lawyers are Bird and Bird?

You mean the same lawyers as Arsenal's...
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BBC website have a Q&A piece on it.

Guess what, not one single examination of the consequences of City being found not in breach of the PL rules.

Zip on City reputational redress.
Nada on previous media hysteria on 2014 'pinch' and UEFA/CAS and it's complete exhoneration outcome.
Zilch on PL impartiality & governance ramifications.
Complete silence on 'cartel' or any other clubs being examined on breaking financial rules, past the 6 years "time limit". Despite obvious ones like Liverpool hacking.
Ignores the looming spectre of backdoor ESL.
No mention of the 'minor' spending of Chelsea in the past 2 transfer windows, the debt laden clubs, the leeching white US owners.

So... completely as you'd expect
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
Unbelievable that the Mail has published this story from a discredited source like Leterme. As the publisher they have left themselves wide open to being sued by City for defamation. In fact the Mail could face multiple actions from different Directors at City. Not naming them doesn't provide any protection. If City do sue them then the onus is on the Daily Mail to prove that fraud has taken place...good luck with that one. It's an open goal and I really hope that this time City decide to kick the ball into the net. The timing would be perfect to lay down a marker with the media at the start of what is going to be a long and damaging process.
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The directors could have a go, but I think the strongest defamatory remark is the one I've highlighted below - this alleges that "The owner" paid something, and - going off what Prestwich Blue posted earlier today - the payment can be distinguished in law as coming from the sponsor:-

"....There was a total lack of transparent flow of financial information. With a battery of lawyers, they did everything they could to counter the work of our auditors. In addition, it turned out that money from sponsorship was actually paid by the owner.' "

It would be lovely to hear that Msr Letterme and the Mail are being sued by everyone on the board, but the problem with any claim in defamation is that it will prolong matters, one way or the other. No doubt someone at City is combing over everything - if not, I volunteer my services in return for a new club scarf and hat.
 
The Stockport Iniesta said:
City can't be happy about the arsenal fan Murray Rosen KC appointed as head of the "independent commission" can they? He was obviously appointed before we were even charged, that doesn't scream independent or correct due process to me.
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For those who think he’s going to be impartial, fuck right off. A fucking Arsenal fan as pretty much going to decide our fate.
 
manimanc said:
This is the worst breach i thought.

I mean this really saddened me, i'm really thinking about jacking footy in altogether after learning this.

The rage. The lies. The pulling of wool over the eyes. The deceit. The absolute bare faced cheek.

This is the one that has made me question my involvement with the club.

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I think you are onto something here, breach 015 - piss on the toilet seat in the loos on Colin Bell level 1 is entirely on me. I cannot see that the club should be punished for my misdirection.
And breach 026 - prawn sandwiches contain frozen prawns not fresh. That's not even City is it?
 
Metal Biker said:
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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Endgame? People are going off the deep end. I can't imagine the Sheikh letting everything fall by the wayside over this nonsense. I think its just another way for the jealous fucking cowards in the Prem to break our balls and harm our brand. Sometimes being exonerated isn't enough. I would clear my name and then go on the offensive for slander and such...JMO
 
paulchapo said:
I'm not sure how all this is allowed, I don't think it would be in a legal trial as it could influence the decision.
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This is not a criminal trial so there is no legal risk other than defamation. But the main headline on the article states: "UEFA's Chief Investigator says he is convinced Man City have committed fraud." As the publisher the Mail can't hide behind the fact they are quoting someone else. They have published it and to make matters worse they make no attempt to balance the story. The story is as libellous as it gets. There are several other defamatory pharases including one which impunes the integrity of the CAS judges. It is a slam dunk for any competent libel lawyer.
 
The Stockport Iniesta said:
City can't be happy about the arsenal fan Murray Rosen KC appointed as head of the "independent commission" can they? He was obviously appointed before we were even charged, that doesn't scream independent or correct due process to me.
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You're right it doesn't. It seems a bizarre choice as people are immediately going to question the appointment. Perhaps the PL don't care, but why leave themselves open like that? I suppose when they can make up the punishments as they go along they can do what they like...
 
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