PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

St Helens Blue (Exiled) said:
They head to the Etihad where they interview 3 members of public. 2 say that it's basically a load of hot air and then some scruffy ginge c... says "well its not fair, they have bought all the best players"
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That's a bit rich coming from a Chelsea reject we apparently overpaid for, and pay handsomely.
 
bridgeno1 said:
As an Arsenal fan I can tell you that I wouldn't count that as a PL title win. It would be like one of those boxers who becomes world champion because the other one relinquishes his belt due to not taking on a specific fight - like when Riddick Bowe threw his belt in the bin.
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Not least because none of the substantial allegations relate to the post 2018 period since Pep came in.
 
Bantamgaz said:
Any leaks getting out then sorry this case should be dropped
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There were some leaks as I recall from CAS. Nothing substantial or specific just generalisations. If this thing goes on for up to ten weeks I would think something of significance will filter out some way.
 
There's no need to 'go after' the Premier League when we win.

The best response City can make is doing what we've been doing; winning the trophies.
That hurts them and the media so much more than being sued by us. Except then they'd have no more excuses to hide behind. They'd have to conceed that Manchester City IS the best football club in England.
 
blueste41 said:
So in effect give the prosecution prior notice as to what our defence will be allowing them to specifically prepare counter arguments for it? Yeah, great idea!
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Narrative, overall standpoint, regarding for instance the then admissibility of contracts between related parties. One thing is defense strategy regarding formal aspects, another "life" arguments, which constitutes narrative.

Generally no surprises hear. Many our arguments are known due to Uefa case.
 
ayrshire_blue said:
Unlikely as they're not alleged to have submitted false accounts. Breaching FFP isn't about submitting wrong information, it's the right information but confirming you've overspent on the permitted limits.

What we're being accused of is submitting accounts which show we're working within those limits but that the accounts themselves are fraudulent. The leaked emails are what's given rise to the suspicion and subsequent investigation and allegations.
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But knowing the rules and limits and still breaking them is still cheating, So Uefa should have said we need to look at all of your accounts to check if you did the same thing unknowingly in the past
 
ancoats said:
But knowing the rules and limits and still breaking them is still cheating, So Uefa should have said we need to look at all of your accounts to check if you did the same thing unknowingly in the past
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No because there is no reason to suspect dishonesty. Entirely different. There is no legal basis for UEFA to request any of that.

I have read they are being investigated for tax issues, which if true may be relevant with regards to the disclosure of documents.

Back on point, our case will be judged on the merits of evidence. The leaked emails, unfortunately, do give rise to suspicion and an investigation was inevitable. That doesn't mean we're guilty of course, and I hope in 5 or 6 months time when we get a verdict for all of this we'll be exonerated as we were at CAS.
 
Christ, the volume of media noise around the "trial of the century" is overwhelming, and it's only day 2. Liverpool must have lost at the weekend....
All the scenarios of our punishment is the main theme, what clubs our players will go to, with such a frightening level of ignorance and misinformation in the media. Some of it deliberately disingenuous, but most of it just completely moronic, often by "talking heads" ex footballers, who can barely string a sentence together saying "I think City should be punished severely".
For people like Stefan (and all the other "newly qualified" sports lawyers and financial accountants on this thread!) who have deep knowledge of the actual charges, and know some of the facts, it must be really interesting looking out from the inside, watching mainstream and social media consume itself, rabid followers of our opponents frothing at the mouth, op eds in otherwise credible broadsheets which seem to really miss the mark so badly.
Watching a "trial" unfold, knowing more about it's detail than the average person, and watching the narrative, commentary and spin in the general mediaverse is very interesting.
We all rightly laugh at Trump screaming about fake news and corrupt media, but it's incredible watching the hysterical misinformed or deliberately skewed coverage, and how our guilt or not has become completely irrelevant.
They only need one of the 115 to be conceeded or ruled against us to be able to "legitimately" run with a GUILTY! headline.
 
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