It's impossible to judge the Chelsea FFP case because we don't know the details. We don't even know the figures. What we do know is that the PL launched its investigation into City after we were CLEARED by CAS. We also know that one of the PL allegations/charges involves a consultancy payment of just £1.75m a year paid to Roberto Mancini which was part of a contract dating from 2008...five years before the PL introduced their own FFP rules. It seems clear the PL is acting in bad faith.I'd be surprised if we are actually involved in any of this stuff being revealed. City make so much money from the Premier League. Anything that potentially damages the reputation of the league and the top teams potentially costs us money in the future if the TV income dips.
Chelsea confessed their crimes and are already invoking the under previous owner innocence clause. The super trustworthy financial experts at UEFA and the PL (who I think actually check the accounts) didn't uncover them, the fine is peanuts and there is zero chance you'll find a YouTube documentary popping up over theirs or United's breaches of FFP (which means they also breach PL rules I think). Insider trading is also so far from football that most fans will just shrug their shoulders.
IF this and a minor COVID related FFP breach against united is the best allegation of dirty practice we can throw their way then I'd suggest we either aren't trying very hard or have no real interest in exposing the cartel clubs. The idea of revenge might feel sweet but what hurts the league hurts us and the best revenge is just excelling and winning
Not in my lifetime indeedBest bit is official rag admission of being underdogs v City.
Who'd have thunk it?
We should put a new banner up on the East stand in big, big letters…GOD BLESS THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR…wouldn’t half wind up the ones that have got more than half a brain
GOD BLESS THE ROCK OF GIBRALTER - THE WANKERS LOST.We should put a new banner up on the East stand in big, big letters…GOD BLESS THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR…wouldn’t half wind up the ones that have got more than half a brain cell…
"He could have been KILLED!!!!"He was a courageous horse
This is the interesting thing, Everton were charged a month after City and they now have a hearing. City don’t have one pencilled in, if the Premier League are that confident of their case surely this must be moving along in a much quicker manor, if they are not confident in enforcing their own rule book why do they need to appoint and independent panel to adjudicate?
The difference is we are top of the pile and looking most likely to stay there. We're the most successful and stable club of the last decade and the only chink in our armour is the allegations etc. I think City are smarter than to destroy a good thing because all we can do is lose. Other clubs have much more to gain by getting us asteriskedAye, it is all fanciful thinking. But these things do happen in the background. Who would have believed the PL owners themselves would (on behalf of our rivals) Try to ruin the reputation of the PL by charging the winners in the way that they have?
...with Bingo revealing his horse's teeth and telling everybody who'll listen that it's a good day for football.media reaction is incredible on these FFP cheating clubs like Chelsea and United. its reported in way like weather, sunny today and bit windy tomorrow but lets not even make a big fuss and lets forget it by early next week.
had City have a 10m euros punishment from Uefa there would be human right saviour journos with pitchfork calling rival club executives for comment and PL too and turn on the pressure on twitter too with talk of asterisks, trophies taken away, etc.
An £8m fine suggests something significant - everyone foams about our £10m CAS fine. Definitely have no trust in the PL or the cartel owners and of course I think the 115 charges are 100% bad faith charges - I doubt any of the other clubs though are likely to get charged with acting in bad faith towards us which is the only way the letter to CAS can be interpreted in my opinionIt's impossible to judge the Chelsea FFP case because we don't know the details. We don't even know the figures. What we do know is that the PL launched its investigation into City after we were CLEARED by CAS. We also know that one of the PL allegations/charges involves a consultancy payment of just £1.75m a year paid to Roberto Mancini which was part of a contract dating from 2008...five years before the PL introduced their own FFP rules. It seems clear the PL is acting in bad faith.
Alternatively everyone else is clearing the books to "remove" any leverage City might seek out. If this is City's doing then we've seriously misjudged how explosive the claims are. No one seems to really care about these storiesWhy would it be a surprise or fanciful thinking? The club warned both UEFA & the PL they would unravel it all if needed. What better way to make this all go away than to create a possible embarrassment situation they need to squash… City keep feeding the info to fit their agenda until the PL drop it all and cut their losses.
As I said above, I’m not suggesting it’s true, BUT I’d not be surprised if it was true & would make perfect sense. At best we get let off or given a fine like others are currently receiving, at worst we go down & take the lot with us!
We all know the PL & UEFA don’t know their arses from their elbows so no chance all these events this week have happened by coincidence or thorough investigating lol. We have even stated in the past we have shit on others so….
Haha oh please !It would probably finish Fergie off if he "Rocked" up at the Etihad
They have nothing on City, so drag it out, keep the smear campaign going.This is the interesting thing, Everton were charged a month after City and they now have a hearing. City don’t have one pencilled in, if the Premier League are that confident of their case surely this must be moving along in a much quicker manor, if they are not confident in enforcing their own rule book why do they need to appoint and independent panel to adjudicate?
It was widely reported that we had raised a challenge about two aspects of the EPL proceedings.This is the interesting thing, Everton were charged a month after City and they now have a hearing. City don’t have one pencilled in, if the Premier League are that confident of their case surely this must be moving along in a much quicker manor, if they are not confident in enforcing their own rule book why do they need to appoint and independent panel to adjudicate?
Maybe it's because the first three are all UEFA fines and our 115 charges are from the PL and they haven't completed the process yet?"United were fined, Chelsea were fined, Barcelona were fined, yet Citeh with 115 charges haven't? Why not!?!?"
Maybe because we're innocent?