Hope so. eg We've had that £85m from Atleti 'in the bank' for a few months now, we could go for an Alvarez replacement in January. We need to make a huge push for top 4 and UCL knockout stage, total reliance on Haaland for goals isnt working. Surely a new striker is available from somewhere? The next 3-4 months could determine what the next three years will look like. We all need to pull together.I'd be concerned if the IC are going to be influenced on their decisions around 2009 - 2018 based on our spending in 2025
merry Christmas stefan please may i ask what does a soft signal meanHate to be one of those people but heard another positive soft signal (not transfer related) this morning. Seems to me that it would be incompatible with a finding of serious wrong doing at the club. I can't say anything specific but consistent with the other soft signals (being something in the background that would seem unlikely if a seriously negative outcome was coming from the case).
Pogba.Does anyone else think that every £m spent in January would be a positive indicator on the 115 swingometer. The need for players is screamingly obvious but the club must be acutely aware the IC Panel are in decision mode. Would the optics of a £100m splodge be too risky ?. In which case it may be Pogba on a 6 month contract. On the other hand if the club are super confident about the 115 outcome they could go for it big time, make a statement signing, even pay over the odds for the right players. For once, and at last this won't be done behind closed doors with the fans left constantly guessing wtf is going on. DEALs or NO DEALs....
I simply interpret it as meaning uncorroborated evidence of relatively positive news. Here's hoping!merry Christmas stefan please may i ask what does a soft signal mean
It just means it’s a small sign.merry Christmas stefan please may i ask what does a soft signal mean
thank you merry Christmas to youIt just means it’s a small sign.
thank you merry ChristmasI simply interpret it as meaning uncorroborated evidence of relatively positive news. Here's hoping!
No, and frankly your insistence on pushing this "We're not spending just to appease the IC" over multiple posts is getting tedious.Does anyone else think that every £m spent in January would be a positive indicator on the 115 swingometer. The need for players is screamingly obvious but the club must be acutely aware the IC Panel are in decision mode. Would the optics of a £100m splodge be too risky ?. In which case it may be Pogba on a 6 month contract. On the other hand if the club are super confident about the 115 outcome they could go for it big time, make a statement signing, even pay over the odds for the right players. For once, and at last this won't be done behind closed doors with the fans left constantly guessing wtf is going on. DEALs or NO DEALs....
How much are we talking about here please ? Thanks ScoobzHowever they didn't, we negotiated a settlement, and UEFA were aware of Fordham around 2015, with the arrangement ending in 2017 or 2018. No charges were ever brought over Fordham and Der Spiegel's 'revelations' about the arrangement in 2018 were already a known quantity. Of course it's possible that the IC may take a different view but even if they do, the amounts involved are really significant.
Don’t be giving the rags cost cutting advice!Had a conversation last night with a fan from another club who speaks regularly with the tea lady. She thinks City will be punished but not with all the charges but enough to be demoted from having Fox's and McVities biscuits and Yorkshire Gold Tea to having to have all our refreshments from the Savers range from Morrisons. I can't name the tea lady or the club involved.
OH, Crumbs !!!Had a conversation last night with a fan from another club who speaks regularly with the tea lady. She thinks City will be punished but not with all the charges but enough to be demoted from having Fox's and McVities biscuits and Yorkshire Gold Tea to having to have all our refreshments from the Savers range from Morrisons. I can't name the tea lady or the club involved.
“He thinks” [with reference to the chairman of a London PL club to whom his mate sometimes thinks]
So it’s the equivalent of speaking to Harry in the pub, or Dave at the end of the road.
Both of whom are hoping and praying for our demise. Sorry lads, ain’t happening.
I had a quick delve last night into the posting history of the guy who made this claim*. Couldn't be arsed putting in much of an effort on Christmas Eve, but for what it's worth, the conclusions are below.
He's not a frequent contributor but definitely seems a committed Blue of long standing. My guess is that the chairman he references is Daniel Levy, mainly because posts commenting on a potential transfer to City for Harry Kane a few years back, as rumoured in the media, seemed to hint at knowledge of the situation beyond what was in the public domain.
If it is Levy, then he in my view has every motive to continue to the bitter end to take this line in private to anyone who'll listen, whatever the truth. He'll want pressure to be on the PL to use any available avenue of appeal if the current proceedings entail a better outcome for City than he suggests. Meanwhile, if the final result is similar, it leaves a suggestion of City getting away with it that the client media will happily amplify.
I agree with Stefan in that the soft signals at the moment all point one way. That refers to matters in the public domain that might be thought of as indicative but can't, given that we don't know for sure what the evidence is, be regarded as conclusive.
* - To the poster himself: sorry for subjecting you to this scrutiny. However, you didn't offer any real evidence of your good faith or otherwise, which is important for others with this kind of post. This type of research is therefore the natural step to enable us to assess that.
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Anyway, thanks to all who've contributed interesting and insightful posts to this thread in the last 12 months. Let's hope that we're now relatively close to the end and it's an outcome we on here can be satisfied with.
In the meantime, Merry Christmas to all! Mind how you go.
Does anyone else think that every £m spent in January would be a positive indicator on the 115 swingometer. The need for players is screamingly obvious but the club must be acutely aware the IC Panel are in decision mode. Would the optics of a £100m splodge be too risky ?. In which case it may be Pogba on a 6 month contract. On the other hand if the club are super confident about the 115 outcome they could go for it big time, make a statement signing, even pay over the odds for the right players. For once, and at last this won't be done behind closed doors with the fans left constantly guessing wtf is going on. DEALs or NO DEALs....
Heard from a source this was MBS laughing at Richard Masters and congratulating Sheikh Mansour on City’s success in the 115/130 case.
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Do you think it is "any port in a storm" time for media in particular?