PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Franknorgrovesnephew]

Yawn

 

[Franknorgrovesnephew]

If Pinto has more incriminating emails that have not yet been published and he passes those emails to Premier League, then there's a good chance that we are truly fucked.

Don't you think they would have passed them on when it was the uefa case it's all bullshit

 

[halfcenturyup]

His lawyer made the same comments three years ago as part of his attempt to do a deal. Perhaps the Sun story is just a rehash of what was said then. If these comments are new then Pinto could end up in jail. There were many millions of documents but only a tiny fraction related to City. The UK media ignored the court case where he admitted extortion.

It was from a conference over the weekend, apparently.

 

[Gazza]

Maybe, just maybe it's bullshit that has been released at this time with the blessings of the PL who want to do a climb down deal with City.

 

[halfcenturyup]

It was from a conference over the weekend, apparently.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

It was from a conference over the weekend, apparently.

Thanks. It was definitely mentioned in the court case though. Pinto admitted the charges and I think part of his deal was to provide everything he hacked to the authorities in Portugal and I think Italy where he tried to blackmail some organisations. So the original comments are years old. This reeks of another smear against City.

 

[spinney]

His lawyer made the same comments three years ago as part of his attempt to do a deal. Perhaps the Sun story is just a rehash of what was said then. If these comments are new then Pinto could end up in jail. There were many millions of documents but only a tiny fraction related to City. The UK media ignored the court case where he admitted extortion.

and how much is the nice mr pinto's lawyer asking to be paid to not release his folder of info on City, a bit at a time every couple of years .....

 

[mscenterh750]

I just don't understand why the information wouldn't have been released before - if it's incriminating it would have aided UEFA and PL in their cases

Because it’s all a big fucking fib.

 

[Bellamy's Caddy]

I take it the case went well for City this week, given the media are now pushing the latest bullshit from a convicted criminal.

As others have said, he would have released anything else before CAS. Maybe he's hoping City try to pay him off.

Either way, City have access to everything and the club are confident we'll be cleared, so I'll continue to back them over this crank.

 

[dickie davies]

and how much is the nice mr pinto's lawyer asking to be paid to not release his folder of info on City, a bit at a time every couple of years .....

Perhaps it's going to be similar to the guardian releasing the MPs expenses bit by bit

One week we'll find out Khaldoon has had his duck pond cleaned on company expenses, then KDB claimed for a bath plug

 

[halfcenturyup]

Perhaps it's going to be similar to the guardian releasing the MPs expenses bit by bit

One week we'll find out Khaldoon has had his duck pond cleaned on company expenses, then KDB claimed for a bath plug

Am I only one who had to read bath plug twice, just to make sure. I don't know where my mind is going .....

 

[jaiguruKun]

So Pinto has a massive file on us which he's kept hold of for 5 and a half years just for shits n giggles?! If he has any others they haven't been released because they don't contain anything incriminating.

These must be old quotes as the PL stopped its investigation in Feb 2023 when it charged us.

Also if the PL were asking to be provided with stolen emails they would be committing a crime.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Sounds like the PL are scratching around for anything now. So far down the line and they then go to the original source to see if they can somehow implicate us of something.

Desperation.

 

[rice10]

Welcome to the latest episode of “Smoking Gun” this week it is the turn of Rui Pinto’s lawyer claiming that he has it.

I am but a mere layman but what I don’t understand is if these new emails are so damning why weren’t these the ones released in the first place?!

I don’t believe anyone has a smoking gun of new emails like I don’t believe the club have a smoking gun on the premier league. It is just tribal people getting excited and using to claim victory early.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

All of this shite is because the club had effectively no security on its IT systems and they didn't think 'what if some thick **** clicks on a link'.

Guess what? Some thick **** clicked on a link.

It's so frustrating as I reckon I could have done it with my Android tablet flashed with Kali Nethunter if Pinto could dump the entire database.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Rui Pinto is finished, done, if he released any morte hacked info on any subject he will spend a lot of time in jail.

This story is utter fantasy.

If our club knew he had anything on us we would have settled, this is simply noise and fear mongering.

Irrefutable evidence is all that matters.

Bloke's a crackpot, should have been admitted to Bellevue ages ago.

Portugal, soft on crime.

Whistleblower Rui Pinto given four-year suspended sentence in Football Leaks trial amid ongoing legal woes - ICIJ

Dozens of charges against Pinto — who is also the source behind ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks — were dropped due to a recent amnesty. He faces 377 charges in a separate case tied to the exposé that revealed the dark underbelly of the global football industry.

www.icij.org

 

[bigA]

Yet to be published? More like yet to be doctored and corrupted to suit anybody with an anti City agenda.

These emails werre obtained by a fucking convicted thief. And they say we have no class and are corrupt. Well what does that make the likes of Rui Pinto and those who purchase (because he ain't doing it for free) and use those emails? It doesn't make them the fine upstainding law abiding people that they purpote to be, just nothing more than scum sucking cockroaches.

 

[Keeper!]

Emails obtained by a fucking convicted thief. And they say we have no class and are corrupt. Well what does that make the likes of Rui Pinto and those who purchase (because he ain't doing it for free) those emails. Nothing more that cockroaches the lot of them.

 

[Gordyola]

FWIW, I've heard recently - albeit indirectly - that we should be cleared of all the main charges but could get found guilty of the non cooperation charges which would be a fine but possibly also a small points deduction. I'll add that the points deduction doesn't make any sense to me because if we only get done for non cooperation then we've not gained a sporting advantage. I'm also not buying that we've not cooperated either - sure, we'll have dug our heels in on certain things but that doesn't necessarily equate to non cooperation - but perhaps this is City offering the PL a way out of the mess that is clearly of their own making and giving them a small win to quieten the red shirt cartel clubs.

How can that be determined when the hearing is still months away? This can only be someone's opinion, might be a valid one but that's as much as its is. With respect to the points deduction for non-cooperation I somewhat doubt the club will accept that, in fact Khaldoon has said in the past we wont take a "pinch" again and to offer the PL away out, why? In point of fact any punishment will be decided by the judges and the only way out for the PL would be to drop the charges

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Welcome to the latest episode of “Smoking Gun” this week it is the turn of Rui Pinto’s lawyer claiming that he has it.

I am but a mere layman but what I don’t understand is if these new emails are so damning why weren’t these the ones released in the first place?!

I don’t believe anyone has a smoking gun of new emails like I don’t believe the club have a smoking gun on the premier league. It is just tribal people getting excited and using to claim victory early.

Presumably Der Spiegl publlshed what they considered the most damning emails on City but the content of them was totally discredited by CAS.