He can have whatever break down of charges he wants, nobody at City can give any cast iron guarantee of what will happen and if the worst happens Viana tears up his contract and probably goes to the rags.
Leaks.No to any leaks or no transfers?
I imagine that the lawyers have advised City how they think it wentI still maintain we know any serious breaches and charges already to prepare for them mate? If it was the worst of the worst the club would know that and be trying to plan or mitigate it as best as possible
F*uck me ! I know things are bad at the minute but there not that bad, never In a million years I,d rather relegation than that vile excuse for a human being being anywhere near our club.Would anyone be willing to take a chance on Mason Greenwood. We would take a lot of shit, but we get that anyway.
Well of course but ultimately until the decision is done, everyone is standing by their beds.I still maintain we know any serious breaches and charges already to prepare for them mate? If it was the worst of the worst the club would know that and be trying to plan or mitigate it as best as possible
I imagine that the lawyers have advised City how they think it went
Haven’t got enough balloons for himWould Chelsea loan us Nkunku now we're not challenging for the title
This just doesn't make sense though.The impact of 115 on our transfer activity must be related to the fact the case has gone into the decision processing phase. Our defence to the avalanche of shit has been we are highly profitable commercial entity that is self sustaining. This is the most delicate time of the whole process, no doubt the Panel are scrutinising us. The optics would be awful if we splurged eg £150m in the January window. It could sway a panel members mind, the wrong way. That's why we need to be creative with buy backs or loan recalls (NOT Phillips) or loan deals that could alleviate the slump. The priorities are ANY defensive position, DM and Haaland backup. For example, someone mentioned Americ Laporte on loan for 6 months, highly speculative but the type of short term solution that's needed to get us to May and, pls God, UCL qualification....
Valid concern but in Reijnders he is only 1.5 seasons removed from the Eredivisie which has been a happy hunting ground for the Prem over the last few years (Antony aside) with guys like Gravenberch (1 seasons removed), Kudus, Kehrez, Sangare, Lisandro Martinez, Edson Alvarez, Gakpo, Timber (when he plays you can see his class) etc.I know the rumours of Reijnders and Ederson are rife, but that league is an awful standard (Inter are ok)
alex baena release clause £54 millionEveryone knows we're desperate, unless they've got a release clause we're going to get fucking rinsed
Beg to differ, from all the analysis in the public domain we have under spent in the windows since 115 day in Feb 2023. Last summer eg we made a large net profit. I personally believe the reason why we accepted the £85m for Alvarez without any replacement was to create the best possible supporting narrative for the hearing, all driven by legal advice. If I'm wrong and we splurge £100m++ in January, I'd be absolutely delighted to apologise for being wrong, it won't be the first time....This just doesn't make sense though.
What we're being accused of is essentially fraud, during a clearly defined period of time. Ultimately, we either did it, or we didn't. Although I accept "balance of probability" and the burden of proof is different than it would be for a criminal trial.
Regardless, if we committed the fraud we're accused of and there's evidence of such, we're in trouble.
If we didn't do what we're accused of and have the irrefutable evidence to back this up as part of our defence, then we're in the clear.
What you're suggesting is that we could be in a position of innocence relating to the time period specified, however by purchasing some players in January 2025 this sways the accusations of fraud from a previous time period into the "guilty" column. As you say, we're a profitable and self-sustaining commercial entity. We have the money on hand to strengthen the squad if we so wish.
Optics are irrelevant, as is what we may or may not do in the transfer window of January 2025 in relation to what we are accused of doing in 2014.
Fair point, well made.Valid concern but in Reijnders he is only 1.5 seasons removed from the Eredivisie which has been a happy hunting ground for the Prem over the last few years (Antony aside) with guys like Gravenberch (1 seasons removed), Kudus, Kehrez, Sangare, Lisandro Martinez, Edson Alvarez, Gakpo, Timber (when he plays you can see his class) etc.
Was in the TOTY in the Eredivisie for the 22/23 season I believe
My mistake I had it in my head we signed him in the Jan (We did) and he trained for 6 months before playing the following year and making a great impact immediately. What we did was sign him in Jan and loan him back to River for 6 months. I got it mixed up.Nothing?
Alvarez came in and produced from the start, I think everyone was shocked at what he produced.
No problem but I was utterly shocked at the immediate impact he had, probably shows why he is as good as he is and why we have missed him so much.My mistake I had it in my head we signed him in the Jan (We did) and he trained for 6 months before playing the following year and making a great impact immediately. What we did was sign him in Jan and loan him back to River for 6 months. I got it mixed up.
can get a few more lads in if they dont have to take in the CL rules and bounce out early. 4Dchess. lol