City launch legal action against the Premier League | Club & PL reach settlement | Proceedings dropped (p1147)

[RayCTID]

Brilliant news.

 

[Norbert D]

Khaldoon welcomes Masters and Premier League CEOs to his house

 

[Academica]

I think it depends on the circumstance, but I’m not sure I agree with this point. I think you do need a majority of clubs to decide on bigger issues. Otherwise things like the super league would have happened. It obviously needs reworking though

Could be like the United Nations, majority vote but all the red cartel get a veto if they don't agree.

 

[manimanc]

I've just googled man city suing the Premier League and some of the twitter responses from Utd, arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool fans is fucking hilarious.

The piss being boiled from just this headline will be nothing compared to the piss boiling when the 115 charges get thrown out.

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

Aren't they though?

If the AP rules have held a club back from accepting a more lucrative sponsor deal, would that not also impact the FFP/PSR outcomes?

Don't forget that the 115 charges are all concerned with the club's affairs only before 2018. The term "associated parties" was only brought into existence by the PL and defined in 2021. The PL would not try to punish City for breaking rules 3 years before they were made! But City did apparently threaten legal action back in 2021 against these APT rules and it appears they're as good as their word.

 

[jimharri]

Anyone got Brooklands Blue's number? His legal team were supposed to be the canine's testes.

 

[Metal Biker]

Unless i've misunderstood, this power play by City is essentially;

PL: "City are alledged to have broken PL Rules!"

City: "What if we prove those rules are illegal?"

PL:

 

[burning blue soul]

Contrary to that 12 clubs have come in favor of pl and only one with us .

Doesn't matter. We are challenging the validity of the rules in English Competition Law (1988).
Not the opinion of 12 greedy fat yanks.

 

[RayCTID]

Khadoon Al Mumbarak's post season interview maybe more interesting than usual.

 

[manimanc]

How depressing that the top two threads on this forum will be about legal cases and nothing about what's happening on the football pitch!

Well the season has finished and technically nobody is on the pitch for a couple of months.

 

[jrb]

When 2 Tribes Go To War

 

[deano ou812]

Good to see us showing some balls for once. Looks like open warfare to me. As we all know, the red tops have been seriously spooked by City's and latterly Newcastle's new ownership and will stop at nothing to keep us down. It's a battle we can't afford to lose.

Absolutely we lose this we are ultimately fucked going forward..

 

[burning blue soul]

I think it depends on the circumstance, but I’m not sure I agree with this point. I think you do need a majority of clubs to decide on bigger issues. Otherwise things like the super league would have happened. It obviously needs reworking though

The super league DID happen. That system didn't approve it. They didn't get a say in it.
Only fan power backed it down.

 

[pudge]

Can someone explain everything that's gone on like I'm 5?

Won't be hard to imagine that in fairness

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Anyone got Brooklands Blue's number? His legal team were supposed to be the canine's testes.

Please don't say legal team. @gordondaviesmoustache hates it when you say legal team or refer to city's legal team as a legal team. So please don't use the term legal team to describe our legal team again thank you

 

[domalino]

We don’t know the detail of United’s Chevrolet deal. But we do know that the guy who brokered it got sacked. That’s bound to set alarm bells ringing. Now it could be that he simply didn’t have the authority to agree to that deal but who’s to say that he didn’t get a big fuck off backhander from the Glazers after signing off on it?

You’re not even making an argument for why it’s unfair.

 

[its a Barm]

Fuckin ace news go get them City brilliant fuckin brilliant cunts the lot of them.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

I know the two cases are not directly linked,but some on here are worried this is indicating we have a weak case with the original allegations. I ,possibly bluetints showing , don't believe we wouldn't be starting another, albeit separate fight if we aren't convinced we are in a strong position .
It's foolish to pick another fight you might lose,and our owners are anything but foolish.

We started this action in February but it has only been revealed today so I don't think it indicates we have a weak case on the 115 charges. In fact it probably strengthens our hand. City must have a large dossier of evidence showing up the dirty tricks we have been subjected to. It is about time all this came out into the open.

 

[Rammy Blue]

I see Sky are immediately misrepresenting the story and relating it back to the 2021 rules as opposed to the amendment from Feb this year.

This goes back to what @Didsbury Dave was saying earlier, we need to get PR dealing with this as it’s just making us look like cunts.

 

[domalino]

I'll take your word for it. But there was definitely more to it this year, when it all became a bit tetchy, and a warning of legal cases against the PL was reportesd.

It might have been voted through permanently in February - in which case the timing looks a lot less deliberate.