PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Mid Wales blue]

Manchester City lawyers team.

Premier League lawyers team.

Magic

 

[pauls]

This is the key point. Leicester didn’t go bust. They invested money in their business to try and get back to the PL. it was a smart decision.

Be interesting to see Leinacres take on his beloved Leicester,he's made the odd snide comment on our case. Could get feisty if Everton get relegated on goal difference to Leicester.

 

[mancboy]

Is it a civil matter? If it is the limitations rules come into play and the premier league can’t even get a panel to consider aspects of the charges it let alone contest it.

Well see this is where it is confusing to me essentially it is a civil matter as it is a governing body bringing charges against one of its members but the charges allege criminal activity so i dont understand why it falls outside the purview of HMRC.

 

[cheekybids]

We know what his motivation is. The key question or test that seems to be applied in these cases seems to be "Does this club's owner come from the east of the Greenwich Meridian? If yes, press charges. If no, ignore."

There does seem to be a pattern.

 

[mancboy]

There does seem to be a pattern.

Leicester - Thai Owners
Everton - iranian Owners
Nottingham forest - Greek owners
Us - Abu dhabi owners

Four clubs charged and not a single american owner among them despite 50% of the league being under yank ownership.

So PL tell me you're racist without telling me you're racist.

 

[Paladin]

Masters will be long gone, with an NDA in the bag, before there’s any chance for an enquiry. If/when we are cleared his position will be completely untenable.

It’s telling that no-one in the press appears to have raised this turn of event as a possibility, or moreover asked it of him directly.

NDA? If I were him, I would refuse one, and take my chances with a book deal to blow the lid off everything, by disclosing all the corruption that he has been put up to.

I'm sure certain clubs would pay a whole lot more for his silence than the PL would pay in some sort of termination settlement.

 

[Paladin]

Leicester - Thai Owners
Everton - iranian Owners
Nottingham forest - Greek owners
Us - Abu dhabi owners

Four clubs charged and not a single american owner among them despite 50% of the league being under yank ownership.

So PL tell me you're racist without telling me you're racist.

Chelsea?

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Well done Leicester. Rip it apart. And if you do it exploiting loopholes and making them look fucking stupid all the better.

 

[vincent]

Chelsea?

There is an investigation but as far as I am aware there are no charges, yet.

 

[mancboy]

Chelsea?

No charges yet and they approved that minor loophole of selling their own stuff to themselves while saying that no revenue from co-op live could count towards us

 

[Cobwebcat]

No charges yet and they approved that minor loophole of selling their own stuff to themselves while saying that no revenue from co-op live could count towards us

We can’t count coop live? When did that happen? Seems we are banned from generating any money that counts.

The PL is not fit for purpose.

 

[Paladin]

No charges yet and they approved that minor loophole of selling their own stuff to themselves while saying that no revenue from co-op live could count towards us

But they are being investigated, and likely to face charges for cooking the books - which they have already confessed to.

 

[Cobwebcat]

I guarantee that whoever loses this case will be “surprised and disappointed”

 

[slbsn]

@slbsn Does this Leicester ruling put paid to any attempt by the PL of charging Chelsea, Everton, Villa et al for acting in bad faith, as the PL had threatened to do, for their end of season "swap" deals, or, for that matter for Chelsea's non-footballing asset sales? After all, there is nothing in the rules to stop them specifically, and the "spirit of the rules" argument seems to have gone out of the window.

Those swap deals can't be picked up by APT either, I don't think because the rules were so specifically written with a 5% common shareholding rule deliberately to exclude clubs in the PL transacting with each other?

It seems to me the PL is in a bit of a mess credibility-wise. Hopefully, City can heap some more pressure on with a favourable verdict in the APT case.

I don't think LCFC changes anything on this

 

[vincent]

No charges yet and they approved that minor loophole of selling their own stuff to themselves while saying that no revenue from co-op live could count towards us

There is also off book payments investigation. Chelsea have admitted this, but so far no charges from the premier league. Investigation is still on-going apparently.

 

[slbsn]

Yes. But what should give you confidence is the appeal process which worked in Leicester's favour. Completely unexpectedly. It's a game of 90 minutes don't forget. You get nothing for winning at half-time.

Iirc, the appeals panels are chosen from a different pool of experts, probably more experienced. It's a good thing they know they can reverse the original panel's verdict. I would imagine we are heading that way if we get an unfavourable outcome this time. So it bodes well, I think.

Wouldn't get too carried away on that. The appeal will find it ok to reverse issues of legal interpretation but findings of fact will be hard to reverse.

 

[give it to gordon]

Leicester - Thai Owners
Everton - iranian Owners
Nottingham forest - Greek owners
Us - Abu dhabi owners

Four clubs charged and not a single american owner among them despite 50% of the league being under yank ownership.

So PL tell me you're racist without telling me you're racist.

It's just a coincidence. We all know that the Americans are upright people, want to rule the world with their way of life. If you live a different life style you are a threat to the usa and must be invaded. The Americans think we should all carry guns. Another sad shooting today of a young kiddy.

The world revolves around America it has its own world series where only America takes part ( I think two Canada teams do ) but ignore that lol.

The America plan for football is a closed shop.

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

Leicester - Thai Owners
Everton - iranian Owners
Nottingham forest - Greek owners
Us - Abu dhabi owners

Four clubs charged and not a single american owner among them despite 50% of the league being under yank ownership.

So PL tell me you're racist without telling me you're racist.

We could be the odd one out. They all have nice restaurants, apart from Abu Dhabi?

 

[Champions again in 2012]

Chelsea?

Self reported?

 

[Norbiton]

We know what his motivation is. The key question or test that seems to be applied in these cases seems to be "Does this club's owner come from the east of the Greenwich Meridian? If yes, press charges. If no, ignore."

Ah, so that’s why Delia’s leaving Norwich