Well it's not like it all went away after the CAS verdict, is it? Nope, every journalist in the land decided to wilfully misunderstand it and report that we got off on a technicality and weren't complete exonerated of the original accusations.People are setting the narrative if we are cleared that we are guilty, but got away with it.
That way they can continue to slag us off long after the case has finished.
The potential narrative that we got away with it, if this is how things eventually transpire, can easily be refuted.He's paving the way for explaining how they can still call us cheats after being acquitted, giving the reasons why we we are being "Let off" so that the abuse of our club can continue.
This time IMHO the club needs more than an acquittal we need blood.
It’s all about opinions. I don’t need facts just like simple Simon and the media.In fairness, none of us on here know that for sure.
People are setting the narrative if we are cleared that we are guilty, but got away with it.
That way they can continue to slag us off long after the case has finished.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but didnt FIFA do any investigation into these types of transfers in late 2019 (I think) and we copped a fine? so its been checked and dealt with already?In true Nick Harris style, he’s gotten himself confused and completely misinterpreted what the email in question states.
He *thinks* it shows that Diaz was unofficially at the club prior to turning 16, in contravention of the rules and that City covered it up.
What it *actually* shows is that City had agreed to sign him at 16, subject to FA approval.
It also shows that Diaz was coming over to train with the club, which is allowed, so long as the club inform the FA - which the emails say they did - and Cliff advises that he should return to Malaga periodically so as to not be ‘permanently’ in Manchester.
It also suggests that the club would have to enable the Diaz family moving to Manchester ‘for non-football reasons’ - ie the same thing every family of every foreign kid in English football academies has to do and every club has to navigate.
Net result - City and Malaga had agreed a deal for Diaz to join at 16 and were in the process of confirming with the FA. Diaz was training in Manchester, which is allowed and the club registered this with the FA. Harris has either mistakenly or deliberately misread the text in the email. You decide.
*edit to add* as mentioned before, I have a loose connection to the Diaz’s and so know he 100% wasn’t here ‘permanently’ before turning 16. I could expand, but Harris reads this forum religiously and I don’t want to do the work for him.
That was my recollection as well.Someone correct me if I'm wrong but didnt FIFA do any investigation into these types of transfers in late 2019 (I think) and we copped a fine? so its been checked and dealt with already?
In his head rent free. Another desperate fool.He simply has to be unwell Harris to have this fixation on us. Now even going to the extremes of "I want disgruntled ex city employees to get in touch with stories of malpractices and cover ups'....24 hours a fuckin day we are in his head.
We all know he's never off this forum too, So Harris I just want to call you a **** while you're reading this.
The 4peats gonna tip them all over the edgeWe are becoming the most hated football club in the history of the game , it s a non stop barrage of bile and vitriol , we know success breeds contempt but this is way beyond that , the red'istree clubs and the Premier league have done a brilliant job in stirring up the media.
When you consider the Dippers murdered 39 fans and got every club banned from europe , as far as i can remember they didnt get the hate we are experiencing , but f*ck them all the pundits , media and dickheads on social media they will not take one tiny piece of enjoyment and pride i have been able witness over the last decade , we are the best in the world , so just f*ck every last one of them.
Our owners don't have to do anything,and won't......because we will be cleared !!Our ownership would have to sell IF we were guilty, they simply would have no option and as a club we would be damaged in a major way, probably relegated several divisions.
But as said before IF, and why on earth would our execs commit fraud in what I said earlier is a small investment model by our owners standard.
Correct he's a drowning man taking his last breath of air !Someone correct me if I'm wrong but didnt FIFA do any investigation into these types of transfers in late 2019 (I think) and we copped a fine? so its been checked and dealt with already?
OK fair enough - but unnecessary as they've been well discussed and plastered all over the media for months.I don't imagine he is regretting, and nor should he.
You won't have any credibility to talk about the club without acknowledging the realities.
We won't be 'getting away' with anything as I believe we've done nothing wrong.The potential narrative that we got away with it, if this is how things eventually transpire, can easily be refuted.
If I am accused of murdering my wife, then my wife shows up at the police station alive and well, will I have got away with her murder?
Well what do you expect? The alternative is for them to admit that they're just not as good as us.No point being concerned about peoples opinions if we are cleared
Even if the PL came out and stated that City are 100% innocent and every single aspect of our finances are totally clean.... the public opinion would be that we've somehow forced the government to get the PL to back off or we've paid them off to clear us. The media won't say this directly but will imply it to brainwash the simpletons
All I'm bothered is that we're found innocent and afterwards I'll just laugh in the face of anybody who says otherwise
Thanks for that. I'm just trying to see things from their point of view. I can't believe they would spend millions on this armed with email's as evidence. They must think they have something on us that is more solid.Although the Etisalat sponsorship was time-barred under UEFA rules, CAS still looked at it and found there was nothing untoward. The PL's Profit & Sustainability rules came into being after the Etisalat contract was done and dusted, plus they're nowhere near as detailed as UEFA's FFP rules.
FFP specifically talks about, and doesn't allow, 'disguised equity payments', which is owners putting in money as revenue. PL's rules talk about "acting in good faith", "presenting accurate accounts" etc. Very generic in other words.
That is the new drip feeding narrative. We've paid the best lawyers to get us off.The potential narrative that we got away with it, if this is how things eventually transpire, can easily be refuted.
If I am accused of murdering my wife, then my wife shows up at the police station alive and well, will I have got away with her murder?
Haha. If only!We, The Premier League would like to announce that in light of being presented with overwhelming and irrefutable evidence by representatives of Manchester City, that it would no longer be in the interests of the Premier League to pursue any further proceedings in the matter and that the investigation is now concluded.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the British Press for their vehement support in our stoic yet fruitless efforts in bringing the City juggernaut to a halt.
We would also like to apologise unreservedly to all rag, dipper and tarquin fans for failing to make your dreams come true.