PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

Dr Marvin said:
Have a look at Manchester City's transfer activity in recent years. On Derby Day I watched 33 year old and 34 year old players in the heart of Manchester City's midfield and that speaks to a lack of investment in the playing squad. I am not interested in what non-football related businesses City and Utd's owners involve themselves in.
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It's an internet forum mate. Content isn't shaped specifically for you like on other social media, there's no algorithm here. There will be conversations that you don't find interesting but others do. Announcing that you don't care unprompted is not required.
 
Damocles said:
It's an internet forum mate. Content isn't shaped specifically for you like on other social media, there's no algorithm here. There will be conversations that you don't find interesting but others do. Announcing that you don't care unprompted is not required.
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It's also a non football related thread. In my view it all off field politics
 
Damocles said:
Not sure where this idea that Scruffy Jim and Khaldoon are good mates has come from. I've never seen or read anything to suggest this.
There was a Mike Keegan nonsense piece about how Ratcliffe text him a congrats after the Treble that was "warmly received" whatever the fuck that means. But Keegan is a mouthpiece and says a lot of crap.
I'm sure they share some common interests because they're in the same businesses. This is because Khaldoon is in essentially every business sector one way or another, he knows thousands of people.

I'll give you an example. Tony Khan is the "owner" at Fulham. Tony Khan owns a wrestling company called AEW. Khaldoon is the CEO of Mubadala. Mubadala and Silver Lake own Endeavour which owns TKO which owns WWE. So Khaldoon and Tony both own wrestling companies and football clubs. Because Abu Dhabi/UAE own everything.
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johnevans said:
All you had was a Scalextric? You lucky, lucky bar-steward! Growing up in Hulme in the late 50s/early60s, I used to dream of waking up on Christmas Day to the gift of a Scalextric under the tree.. never even got a sniff!

As 'Citi-Leaks' says, Khaldoon and Ratcliffe go back quite a way in business. Though I can't stand Ratcliffe (and not just because he's bought into the Red Filth), yet I think some of the sightings we've had of him with Khaldoon and others at our club plus the statements he's made, all combine to suggest positive vibes regarding the outcome for us with the 'PL/115'.

Of course, I still don't trust the f**ker and the rest of the Red Cartel but there does seem to be a change in tone from Ratcliffe?
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You were lucky to have a tree. All we had was a twig nicked from next doors dog.
 
Damocles said:
What do you think Berradas job was at City? Can you describe his role?
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It raises an interesting question. He was initially COO for Manchester City when I was on City Matters. Danny Wilson was, and still is, Managing Director of Operations for City. Then Omar moved to COO for CFG Football Operations. He was replaced by Roel de Vries, but de Vries is COO of CFG. Soriano is CEO of CFG.

City are around 80% of CFG, based on revenue. In terms of global brand recognition we're probably 90%. Yet we don't have anyone more senior than Danny who is wholly responsible for managing City's off-field business. No club specific CEO or even COO. That level of management comes from CFG.

NYCFC has a CEO and i bet the other clubs in the CFG structure also have a club-focused CEO. But the club that makes up 80% of CFG doesn't. I simply don't understand this and wonder how much of a part this might play in our seemingly poor recruitment planning and strategy.

I've also expressed my concerns about the composition of the City (and CFG) boards, which contain no executive or independent directors. People say we're a well run club but I have my doubts.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
It raises an interesting question. He was initially COO for Manchester City when I was on City Matters. Danny Wilson was, and still is, Managing Director of Operations for City. Then Omar moved to COO for CFG Football Operations. He was replaced by Roel de Vries, but de Vries is COO of CFG. Soriano is CEO of CFG.

City are around 80% of CFG, based on revenue. In terms of global brand recognition we're probably 90%. Yet we don't have anyone more senior than Danny who is wholly responsible for managing City's off-field business. No club specific CEO or even COO. That level of management comes from CFG.

NYCFC has a CEO and i bet the other clubs in the CFG structure also have a club-focused CEO. But the club that makes up 80% of CFG doesn't. I simply don't understand this and wonder how much of a part this might play in our seemingly poor recruitment planning and strategy.

I've also expressed my concerns about the composition of the City (and CFG) boards, which contain no executive or independent directors. People say we're a well run club but I have my doubts.
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I’ve mentioned this recently but got told I was talking rubbish and being silly, I even got the old “sniff sniff” comment.
 
citizen_maine said:
Lucky bastard. All i had was a Scalextric
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Not only was i jealous of other kids that had Scalextric, i was also jealous of kids that had train sets and action man. This one kid had a big garden and he had action man tanks and all sorts. I did get to play with them one time but he controlled everything so i never went back to his house. rich git.
 
Lord Blue said:
Not only was i jealous of other kids that had Scalextric, i was also jealous of kids that had train sets and action man. This one kid had a big garden and he had action man tanks and all sorts. I did get to play with them one time but he controlled everything so i never went back to his house. rich git.
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Lord Blue isn't your real name? :-)
 
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