PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

Bez said:
I raised the question in February about the IC reviewing initial submissions before the formal hearing and the possibility that the IC could deem the evidence weak meaning the case could close out earlier, but I think the response I got was the case would go the full distance. If the complainant is told by the IC that their evidence is weak or non existent early on there can only be one outcome. The case closes earlier or there is some sort of settlement with City holding most of the cards. Hopefully this is where things are now.
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Not a chance of a settlement. IMO.
If the premier league has fucked up then it's for them to take the hit. I just don't see us softening the blow for them.
It's their baby and they should put it to bed.
 
Gaylord du Bois said:
The more you think about it, the more it feels like this, is coming down to the none co-operation issue. Because that's probably the only thing they can contest, if everything else is falling in, around them.
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On that point, I hope the club states clearly that we did cooperate, and that the PL had all the documentation they needed... and that nothing else was needed and that any request by the PL for more wasn't appropriate!
 
I'msingingingtheblues said:
Interesting article in 14th April Sunday Times Business Section - featuring Alberto Galassi (CEO of Ferretti) who's a non-exec director of City football Group - when questioned about the charges he says "I am not entitled to discuss this, but perhaps you can tell from my body language I am super confident (about the outcome)"
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From the article. As you say.

At Piaggio, where he climbed from the sales and marketing departments to became chief executive in 2009, Galassi became close friends with the future Manchester City chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, who led Abu Dhabi’s investment in the aerospace company in 2006.

Al Mubarak appointed Galassi to the board of Man City as a non-executive director in 2012. Despite the team’s success on the pitch, the club has been charged with 115 breaches of financial fair play regulations. “I am not entitled to discuss this, but perhaps you can tell from my body language I am super confident [about the outcome],” he says.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
If there is a climbdown then it might not be in City's interests to totally throw the PL under the bus. We are a leading member of the PL and won't want to damage its brand more than neccessary. I am sure that Masters will be thrown to the wolves though, not least because he has managed to alienate senior members of both the Government and Opposition and they are gunning for him. The new Regulator will be used as a way of starting to build bridges. Football is one of the UK's most important industries these days and there is a lot at stake for a lot of people.
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Obviously more now.


"During the 2019/2020 season Premier League football contributed £7.6bn to the UK economy. In the same season the Premier League and its clubs generated a total tax contribution of £3.6bn to the UK Exchequer, £1.4bn of which was accounted for by Premier League players."

www.bbc.co.uk

Premier League clubs avoided £250m in tax, expert estimate

It follows analysis of football agents being paid to represent both players and clubs in transfers.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
 
Don Karleone said:
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I don’t understand why the club didn’t brief something like this through the usual channels 18 months ago.

Some sections of the press have been saying wildly incorrect things about the case and voicing some very prejudicial opinions that have shaped the way the general public think about the case. Theres been no attempt at a counter narrative.

They always seem very passive when dealing with all the post-leak charges.
 
domalino said:
I don’t understand why the club didn’t brief something like this through the usual channels 18 months ago.

Some sections of the press have been saying wildly incorrect things about the case and voicing some very prejudicial opinions that have shaped the way the general public think about the case. Theres been no attempt at a counter narrative.
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Maybe we took a lesson from Wagatha Christie. Vardy went to court.. but she needed evidence beyond reasonable doubt to convict.

That works in our favor vs the PL but against us vs the journos.
 
I'msingingingtheblues said:
Interesting article in 14th April Sunday Times Business Section - featuring Alberto Galassi (CEO of Ferretti) who's a non-exec director of City football Group - when questioned about the charges he says "I am not entitled to discuss this, but perhaps you can tell from my body language I am super confident (about the outcome)"
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Feels like this went a bit unnoticed at the time, but I actually think this might be the most interesting insight that we’ve had since the charges were announced last year. There have been very few leaks, from either side, but for a board member of the club to openly say this in an interview with a mainstream newspaper feels significant. There was absolutely no ambiguity in what he said.
 
domalino said:
I don’t understand why the club didn’t brief something like this through the usual channels 18 months ago.

Some sections of the press have been saying wildly incorrect things about the case and voicing some very prejudicial opinions that have shaped the way the general public think about the case. Theres been no attempt at a counter narrative.

They always seem very passive when dealing with all the post-leak charges.
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Let them keep digging their own graves. Then we finish them in one fell swoop. Its not exactly had any impact on us has it.
 
domalino said:
I don’t understand why the club didn’t brief something like this through the usual channels 18 months ago.

Some sections of the press have been saying wildly incorrect things about the case and voicing some very prejudicial opinions that have shaped the way the general public think about the case. Theres been no attempt at a counter narrative.

They always seem very passive when dealing with all the post-leak charges.
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Why would we want to get into a slanging match ?
What's to gain, from giving our opponent any opportunity to land a blow ?
We've played the long game and if it ain't over we'll keep playing it.
Keeping our counsel and keeping our powder dry.
What was it Napoleon said about when the enemy is making mistakes...?
Or something like that.
 
halfcenturyup said:
Interesting. If that was offered and rejected in 2019, the PL would presumably have to offer something better.

A fine for non-cooperation, maybe, with no acceptance of guilt on anything else (assuming the club didn't fully cooperate according to the rules, about which I am still not convinced, tbh).

"Resolve itself" was certainly unusual terminology.
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There’s no way City should accept non-cooperation. It needs to be a neatly crafted statement by the premier league apologising for the brand damage caused.
 
Gaylord du Bois said:
Why would we want to get into a slanging match ?
What's to gain, from giving our opponent any opportunity to land a blow ?
We've played the long game and if it ain't over we'll keep playing it.
Keeping our counsel and keeping our powder dry.
What was it Napoleon said about when the enemy is making mistakes...?
Or something like that.
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Napoleon lost...
 
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