PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[nmc]

Arsenal are the instigators!

Along with Fenway sports.

 

[blueparrot]

It’s riveting.

No, that will be in the Welders weekly.

 

[Bodicoteblue]

Personally, I think the PL have been manipulated into this situation by certain rival clubs, by a particularly weak PL management team and by a combative club management.

I am not sure it's in the PL's interests to destroy the club's reputation even if that, through their weakness and incompetence, is one of the consequences.

I have stopped thinking of the PL as the governing body of English top-flight football, and I just think of them as the red cartel which has the reins of power in their hands.
If you then think of the difference between the best interests of the PL and its product, and the best interests of the cartel, the difference is obvious.
The cartel really don’t care about the PL as an entity, they see it as a vehicle to either destroy City, or declare it as unfit for purpose if they don’t, and off they will go to revive the ESL with added US clubs and interests.

 

[ufo]

Arsenal are the instigators!

Nope ,more like Cohort .
-Red shirt cunts
-dildo levy
-hateful 115 clubs
-media cunts

 

[halfcenturyup]

Ok I won't encourage you but I fail to see how you have come up with a 2000 word fact base analysis without the facts?
That's without discussing how impartial you were in your approach.

You don't have to believe me. That's fine.

You don't have to believe I can look at things impartially, either. Although that is a little insulting.

But look at it the other way round then. Just how likely is it that the people running the club thought that they had to do what is alleged, and then discuss it in internal documents and emails? Of course, it's possible. But I would say it's overwhelmingly unlikely. And then I would say even if they did do what is alleged, the chances of the PL being able to prove it to the required standard are close to zero because they won't have had access to the sort of information that would prove it. Which brings us to whistle-blowers. Any whistle-blower would most likely have to be from the UAE, and the chances of anyone from the UAE blowing any whistles on Mansour I estimate to be approximately zero.

So, on the whole, whichever way round I look at it, to me it is overwhelmingly unlikely that the PL will have been able to prove the most serious allegations to the required standard.

 

[KS55]

The authorities have had 10 years to time their intervention. What are they still waiting for? Round four of The PL & UEFA vs City?

Mate, just do a quick Google search on the reporting of crimes in the UK, & this will easily prove the authorities only need to be made aware of a criminal act to investigate. They don't need a crime to be formally reported to act, especially if it's in the public interest.

We've seen in Italy & with UEFA & FIFA how the authorities take a serious & dim view of fraud. So again all I ask is you conduct a Google search of whether a crime needs to be formally reported for the authorities to act, & to consider that with all the wild reports of City's many wrongdoings, why they're still waiting to pounce on us with actual criminal charges 12 years after this witch hunt began?

I don’t need to Google thank you. I am aware that the SFO have admitted that their policy needs updating to gather evidence before a case is opened, which is not the case now. Our case is right in that space. Enough OUT.

 

[oldius]

There’s even a Panini stickerbook.

I saw one lawyer in the Panini album and if you looked really closely you could see her briefs....fnarr!

 

[Bluewonder]

PwC disagreed in 2014

In what capacity?

 

[ufo]

I saw one lawyer in the Panini album and if you looked really closely you could see her briefs....fnarr!

If i hadn’t spent all my money buying sun for centerfolds, I would been a lawyer by now.

 

[Boris Yeltsin]

Personally, I think the PL have been manipulated into this situation by certain rival clubs, by a particularly weak PL management team and by a combative club management.

I am not sure it's in the PL's interests to destroy the club's reputation even if that, through their weakness and incompetence, is one of the consequences.

Weakness and incompetence are very kind words for the actions they have taken. Too much faith. Its a lost cause that can't regulate itself.

 

[Nascent Blues]

It’s riveting.

That's the Engineering Magazine.

 

[KS55]

PwC disagreed in 2014

I never know on what basis some of these arguments turn. I have seen one serious lawyer completely misunderstanding the Sheiks title of ‘Deputy Prime Minister’ to mean he was at that time a member of the gov of UAE. It is a courtesy title and there are currently three of them. So, without more background, I am often sceptical as to whether these people know what they are talking about.

 

[blueste41]

You don't have to believe me. That's fine.

You don't have to believe I can look at things impartially, either. Although that is a little insulting.

But look at it the other way round then. Just how likely is it that the people running the club thought that they had to do what is alleged, and then discuss it in internal documents and emails? Of course, it's possible. But I would say it's overwhelmingly unlikely. And then I would say even if they did do what is alleged, the chances of the PL being able to prove it to the required standard are close to zero because they won't have had access to the sort of information that would prove it. Which brings us to whistle-blowers. Any whistle-blower would most likely have to be from the UAE, and the chances of anyone from the UAE blowing any whistles on Mansour I estimate to be approximately zero.

So, on the whole, whichever way round I look at it, to me it is overwhelmingly unlikely that the PL will have been able to prove the most serious allegations to the required standard.

It's not about not believing you, what you have outlined above are nothing more than discussion points. Similar to the post where you said that your sure the PL have took the action because of other clubs have forced them to-opinion and discussion.
The impartial part, pretend for a moment the charges are against Liverpool, can you hand on heart say you would have formed the same opinion? Even if so I'm struggling to believe there isn't some unconscious bias goig on.
Your proposition makes it sound like a nothing to see hear situation. The PL have spent millions pursuing it, 3 judges spent x weeks/months hearing the evidence (if the league had none what were they listening to?). Now they have spent x weeks coming to their conclusions. There is a lot going on for a nothing to see hear case.

 

[halfcenturyup]

I’d say it is controversial. UEFA did conclude in 2014 Etihad was related - so I’d say that was controversial.

Probably should wait for the prospectus

Surely the prospectus won't be treating the Etihad / City relationship any differently than has happened in 15 years worth of accounts? It may be explained in more detail, but the classification will surely be the same?

Agree there can be a discussion around the related party nature of Etihad, and I, for one, think that was one of the allegations, but I guess they would have to have some pretty strong arguments to override the interpretation of the club's and Etihad's auditors? And I just don't see them having that.

(And is it right to say that UEFA concluded Etihad was related in 2014? The Investigatory Chamber considered it so but it was all settled before it went to the Adjudicatory Chamber. And in 2019 it wasn't raised again despite the new sponsorship "evidence").

 

[KS55]

It's not about not believing you, what you have outlined above are nothing more than discussion points. Similar to the post where you said that your sure the PL have took the action because of other clubs have forced them to-opinion and discussion.
The impartial part, pretend for a moment the charges are against Liverpool, can you hand on heart say you would have formed the same opinion? Even if so I'm struggling to believe there isn't some unconscious bias goig on.
Your proposition makes it sound like a nothing to see hear situation. The PL have spent millions pursuing it, 3 judges spent x weeks/months hearing the evidence (if the league had none what were they listening to?). Now they have spent x weeks coming to their conclusions. There is a lot going on for a nothing to see hear case.

Jarndyce v Jarndyce.
Plenty going on, signifying nothing.
The real case on which it is based only came to a halt when the lawyers had spent the whole inheritance at dispute.

 

[halfcenturyup]

It's not about not believing you, what you have outlined above are nothing more than discussion points. Similar to the post where you said that your sure the PL have took the action because of other clubs have forced them to-opinion and discussion.
The impartial part, pretend for a moment the charges are against Liverpool, can you hand on heart say you would have formed the same opinion? Even if so I'm struggling to believe there isn't some unconscious bias goig on.
Your proposition makes it sound like a nothing to see hear situation. The PL have spent millions pursuing it, 3 judges spent x weeks/months hearing the evidence (if the league had none what were they listening to?). Now they have spent x weeks coming to their conclusions. There is a lot going on for a nothing to see hear case.

That's just your opinion.

 

[cheekybids]

To me it’s beginning to look more and more like the PL didn’t care about us being found guilty.
They just wanted to destroy our reputation.

They’ve enabled our rivals fans and the scum in the media to abuse and defame us with impunity due to the agenda against us.

I hope Khaldoon brings down the PL and that fat **** masters for what they’ve done.

Personally, I think the PL have been manipulated into this situation by certain rival clubs, by a particularly weak PL management team and by a combative club management.

I am not sure it's in the PL's interests to destroy the club's reputation even if that, through their weakness and incompetence, is one of the consequences.

If it wasn’t their intention then what did they possibly think could happen? The end outcome would either be destroy City & tarnish the league reputation or simply tarnish the league reputation.

There was no benefit for an independent competition to do what they’ve done with nothing more than innuendo as evidence.

 

[blueste41]

That's just your opinion.

Mostly yes, there was one question that you chose to not answer.
The thing I find most surprising is that 99% of impartial City Fans have decided we're not guilty and 99% of impartial fans of other clubs have decided we are guilty, some huge coincidences there.

 

[oldius]

Mostly yes, there was one question that you chose to not answer.
The thing I find most surprising is that 99% of impartial City Fans have decided we're not guilty and 99% of impartial fans of other clubs have decided we are guilty, some huge coincidences there.

If this were Manchester United or Liverpool, I would absolutely be certain of their guilt. The only thing is, it will NEVER be Manchester United or Liverpool.

 

[slbsn]

Surely the prospectus won't be treating the Etihad / City relationship any differently than has happened in 15 years worth of accounts? It may be explained in more detail, but the classification will surely be the same?

Agree there can be a discussion around the related party nature of Etihad, and I, for one, think that was one of the allegations, but I guess they would have to have some pretty strong arguments to override the interpretation of the club's and Etihad's auditors? And I just don't see them having that.

(And is it right to say that UEFA concluded Etihad was related in 2014? The Investigatory Chamber considered it so but it was all settled before it went to the Adjudicatory Chamber. And in 2019 it wasn't raised again despite the new sponsorship "evidence").

UEFA concluded it but we don’t know at what level. Certainly was never tested to any great extent because City settled. I would hope the prospectus doesn’t treat it differently. And if it doesn’t, that feels very powerful to me.