The only way I see it ending soon is a major climb down by the PL with us maybe accepting the non-cooperation charges and taking a relatively minor pinch on that.
Are you sensing the PL don’t have the appetite for the fight they picked?
What mistake why not raise it ?Imho, once the investigation was opened, they had to finish it. And once the investigation was finished without full cooperation, anything that didn't have a satisfactory answer had to be put down as a breach. That's why there are so many. I have done these things before and all you can really do is put everything in the list of breaches that you didn't get acceptable answers for, in this case over multiple years we well. In VAR parlance, it's protocol. One of the mistakes they have made, imo, is that they should have waited for CAS before they opened their investigation, then they could have taken the award into account before starting. But here we are.
The other mistake, if they have indeed made it, I don't want to raise again.
I always said that if we agreed Etihad was a related party, then there's nothing UEFA could have done.
What mistake why not raise it ?
City want it all done and dusted in a matter of months.
95 per cent of the charges are already considered off the table.
Hope so. A lot of what they've charged us with didn't make sense on the face of it as it's literally the same stuff we were cleared at CAS for. I could kind of understand them lobbing stuff at us outside of that even if it turns out to be bullshit, such as the time-barred charges not considered at CAS and the Mancini thing for example but throw everything in that we were cleared of by the highest sporting arbitration court in the world was odd*City want it all done and dusted in a matter of months.
95 per cent of the charges are already considered off the table.
I'm starting to believe the Premier League wanted the whole thing to go away and have washed their hands of it, certainly in terms of getting particular clubs off their backs.
Our timeline now.
Agree on the non-cooperation charge you suggest.
Etihad is not in any way an RP under accounting standards, as you say.I'm not sure the club could ever call Etihad a related party without fanning the flames of state ownership and all that entails. Unless the definition of RP has changed significantly since I was an accountant in a previous life. Which is possible, granted.
I'm starting to believe the Premier League wanted the whole thing to go away and have washed their hands of it, certainly in terms of getting particular clubs off their backs.
Our timeline now.
Agree on the non-cooperation charge you suggest.
City want it all done and dusted in a matter of months.
95 per cent of the charges are already considered off the table.
Off the table by both sides ? Or we just think we have dealt with it and the Premier League are holding outCity want it all done and dusted in a matter of months.
95 per cent of the charges are already considered off the table.
How do you knowAnd all those 5.75 charges relate to Etisalat, imo, and with some justification, again, imo. But really not material.
Whilst I accept he’s certainly been gunning for City I actually think his target here is the PL. He’s calling them out on taking so long and questioning their credibility as that will ‘affect future deals and sponsorship’. He’s desperate to position La Ligue as the predominant European league, as it was when Madrid were spending all the cash and, if City are collateral damage he’d be delighted but he’s after the PL, no doubt.I see the fat twat from Spain, Tebas, has been sticking his nose into our affairs again. Saying that it is taking too long stating that we all know they are guilty of over a 100 charges. He doesn't want to hear our side, he admitted that, he wants us banned now. What a nasty piece of work he his.
The worst thing about Tebas is that he is given a platform in the English media, including the BBC, with absolutely no challenge and no context reported. Just think about that for a second. A man who is still under investigation for corruption and has recently re-asserted his support for a far right political group which wants to forcibly repatriate Muslim immigrants from Spain is allowed to make false and libellous comments about the PL Champions without being called out or challenged. The English media which is apparently so concerned about workers rights in the Middle East is happy to give a voice to a fascist.Just leaves us with 5.75 charges!
Very very interesting news. The problem with all of it is how it ends. I would think that in order for the PL to agree a settlement they will need us to plead guilty to something.
Problem with that is the ongoing narrative tossed around by the likes of Tariq Panja, Nick Harris and Miguel Delaney is that we were found guilty in CAS. Despite the fact that it was noncooperation, for what we thought (and not unreasonably) was a kangaroo court. Something similar by the PL will give those eejits a fig leaf of credibility to spout nonsense about tainted titles and the like.
I find it incredible that the bloated fascist Tebas is invited to the FT football event and allowed spout pure invective about us. The home of the Premier League are happy to allow a far right nutball, who has allowed his own league to degenerate into chaos, is given free press to denigrate the current English champions. It beggars belief but the English sporting press never cease to amaze for all the wrong reasons.
Tebas is annoyed because after years of eating at the top table he is now underneath ours scrambling around for crumbs.Just leaves us with 5.75 charges!
Very very interesting news. The problem with all of it is how it ends. I would think that in order for the PL to agree a settlement they will need us to plead guilty to something.
Problem with that is the ongoing narrative tossed around by the likes of Tariq Panja, Nick Harris and Miguel Delaney is that we were found guilty in CAS. Despite the fact that it was noncooperation, for what we thought (and not unreasonably) was a kangaroo court. Something similar by the PL will give those eejits a fig leaf of credibility to spout nonsense about tainted titles and the like.
I find it incredible that the bloated fascist Tebas is invited to the FT football event and allowed spout pure invective about us. The home of the Premier League are happy to allow a far right nutball, who has allowed his own league to degenerate into chaos, is given free press to denigrate the current English champions. It beggars belief but the English sporting press never cease to amaze for all the wrong reasons.
If we do get the charges dropped then people will say we paid the PL off.. If we do have irrefutable evidence that clears us of these charges then surely we have to go to court and finish this once and for all
If we end up getting hit by non-cooperation charges only then I hope we get a decent PR company involved because, even though that's what happened at CAS, 99% of the public still think we were found guilty.I'm starting to believe the Premier League wanted the whole thing to go away and have washed their hands of it, certainly in terms of getting particular clubs off their backs.
Our timeline now.
Agree on the non-cooperation charge you suggest.
If we’re exonerated then I’d say fuck the hatersThey will have to do the mental gymnastics that we bought off the highest court in Europe in CAS and then an Independent panel to the Premier League. Exoneration is subjective to football fans depending which team they support.
Thanks very much for a pic of Antonio Banderas in this thread:)