PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

paulchapo said:
Highly unlikely as it's taken four years of investigation to get to this point.
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You’d assume so but, what if the PL have turned up little of substance but the hateful eight won’t take no for an answer and are demanding shit is thrown?
 
John Wayne said:
I think that's significantly more likely. Having announced that it will go to an independent panel, the idea it doesn't make it that far seems remote. As has already been stated, if we were going to use diplomatic pressure then wouldn't it have been used long before now?
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Suggesting they may not invest in the U.K. when nothings actually been agreed or signed is pretty much a none existent threat, they can’t lose what they don't have and spoken words mean fuck all.
However, now a deals been signed to invest and that investment is very much a real entity, it’s far more powerful to use it as a threat to suggest said deal may now publicly collapse.
The government have had the deal in the media, it’s out there, to then have a statement from the UAE stating their displeasure at being called cheats, liars, tax frauds etc etc so the deals in jeopardy is so much more of an impact than threatening to pull out pre any PL charges were announced.
Regardless of if the owners have had a word, the government will be twitchy and watching this intently. I’d also be surprised if they hadn’t already contacted the PL as an FYI.
 
Rory Bluelow said:
maybe a figure representing the Government will offer to help the principals at both organisations come to some mutual recognition and possible accommodation. Strictly in secrecy of course. Perhaps City could provide its irrefutable proof of innocence and undertake full future cooperation. Given its keen interest in Regulatory oversight (helped by todays ESL announcements) I’d imagine the Government would have significant leverage and may wish to explore various potential models with the Premier League executives for example. It’s not too difficult to envisage how this may be approached.
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I don’t see how
 
lonestay said:
A grey anonymous gentleman in a suit will turn up at the Prem offices, and over a cup of Earl Grey will tell the Prem bosses how this will be resolved all nice and quitely, he will then leave and nobody will ever know who he was or who he represented, or indeed that he was ever there in the first place .
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Very likely but if that doesn’t work I’m keen on the Charlie Bronson negotiation.

 
Just watching sky news back pages for tomorrow morning.
The only mention of us is that we may be putting up netting for Liverpool game to avoid fans being hit by missiles.
No mention at all of the PL charges anywhere.
 
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Prestwich_Blue said:
Not quite. He was manager in 2011/12 and the following season, the first two under FFP.

But this isn't about FFP. It's about 'hiding' some of his remuneration using this Al Jazira consultancy contract. I suspect they're saying that we should have paid him that £1.5m through our accounts, so have understated our expenses.

But that amount makes sod all difference. If it had been £10m then that's probably something to worry about but not £1.5m. It's just not material.
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But surely IF it’s wrong it’s wrong. And didn’t you say the other day there might be an image rights issue on top?
 
Keepingthefaithsince1976 said:
Didn't Amanda Staveley work as an advisor when Sheik Mansour/Adug bought City? Or she helped to broker the deal and was paid rather handsomely for her work. I remember something along those lines in the press at the time.
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She did, and the meeting in the Daily Heil article is just a normal meeting between all PL clubs. We will have a body there too.
 
This may have been brought up already so apologies if Im going over old ground ..
If the PL is laying multiple charges of wrong doing in our accounting- over many years, and that wrongdoing is a clerical error (perhaps the disclosure of accounts in the incorrect way), why wouldn't the PL after the 1st mistake/annual accounts ask for it to be corrected? why would they let us keep making the same mistake for year and years? surely thats either 1 of 2 things
1. Them trying to hang us or
2. Their own incompetence.

or both.
 
lonestay said:
A grey anonymous gentleman in a suit will turn up at the Prem offices, and over a cup of Earl Grey will tell the Prem bosses how this will be resolved all nice and quitely, he will then leave and nobody will ever know who he was or who he represented, or indeed that he was ever there in the first place .
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That’s it we are fucked -:)
 
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