PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[heslops barnet]

Daily check in……no news is good news?

 

[Damocles]

Name one City fan (I assume you mean me but put me to one side for this question), "happy to sell their club down the river in furtherance of their media prospects and bulging wallets."

So name a single person

Me, if they paid me enough.

Dave Mooney if its a day with a Y in it

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

It's going to come out on April fools day isn't it

 

[Cobwebcat]

He's barely said a word about City for 10 years

He’s time barred! ;-)

 

[DelToro]

My prediction is that, just like after Tolm's positive post we had loads of people who had mates who heard we'd won it, after Billys post were suddenly going to have an influx of people with mates who are saying that the club haven't heard.
These two sets of mates never seemed to meet before unfortunately

TH and Billy S are clearly the same person living out some Gollum like schizophrenic experience.

 

[Marvin.]

Is interrogated the right word?

Yes. If I was a Pep or Haaland and the club was putting a contract of employment in front of me, one of the questions I would be asking would be about the 115 case.

 

[Keith Moon]

They aren't just accused of breaking PL rules mate, they're accused of financial fraud. They would 100% be liable to be disqualified if charges are proven.

It would be hard to think of a more serious allegation towards a company's board then what the PL are accusing ours of.

I'm not sure that the CDDA would automatically apply. Looking at other cases where Premier League club directors have been disqualified, they were either convicted of criminal or corporate offenses, or the disqualification was related to financial insolvency.

 

[M18CTID]

While it seems entirely plausible that City haven't received the final verdict yet, I don't think it's necessarily true that nobody at the club has heard anything from the IC since the hearing finished. There surely would've been some dialogue since then between the IC and City/the PL even if it's not to deliver the final verdict. If there had been no communication at all since December then that would mean the club are still very much in the dark about the outcome and I'm not buying that at this stage of the process.

 

[Marvin.]

My prediction is that, just like after Tolm's positive post we had loads of people who had mates who heard we'd won it, after Billys post were suddenly going to have an influx of people with mates who are saying that the club haven't heard.
These two sets of mates never seemed to meet before unfortunately

Any rational person would review City's business as usual and conclude some level of positivity. The verdict is a separate matter. It is also highly likely that it hasn't yet been delivered simply because once it is, it will be held for a short time only.

 

[HorlockofFiretopMountain]

Monkeys, typewriters and the works of Shakespeare come to mind. Keep going someone will get it right eventually :)

 

[Citizen Green]

First 9am of the week come & gone.

Everyone stand down (until 9:30)

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

Is interrogated the right word?

Vee Vill ask ze kvestions!

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

The club are extremely tight around leaks these days.

Nobody below the likes of Khaldoon, Soriano, Comms chief and the legal team will have a clue until about 10 mins before announcement.

Everything else is speculation around how confident people seem / appear / are.

 

[CoventryBlue]

Jack Pitt-Brooke a great shout. Said nothing to any of the WhatsApp wankers back in the day. Never mentions City now as he knows its bad for his career

 

[chesterbells]

First 9am of the week come & gone.

Everyone stand down (until 9:30)

I always think 10am or 4pm is most likely. Based on very little of course.

 

[ManCitizens.]

While it seems entirely plausible that City haven't received the final verdict yet, I don't think it's necessarily true that nobody at the club has heard anything from the IC since the hearing finished. There surely would've been some dialogue since then between the IC and City/the PL even if it's not to deliver the final verdict. If there had been no communication at all since December then that would mean the club are still very much in the dark about the outcome and I'm not buying that at this stage of the process.

The club may also be concerned about being accused of leaking the outcome prior to any agreed date. I’m not saying the result is in but at this stage it’s just a game of wait and see. It’ll probably drop when we least expect it after days of silence.

 

[searsleftpeg]

Anyone know if this will just come out as a press release, (City win), more or less out of the Bue ,or a preplanned press conference (if we lose). So at least there will be a couple of hours notice. Just to enable me stop check in every five minutes for updates.

 

[CoventryBlue]

Me, if they paid me enough.

Dave Mooney if its a day with a Y in it

Probably part of the BBC charter

 

[chesterbells]

Anyone know if this will just come out as a press release, (City win), more or less out of the Bue ,or a preplanned press conference (if we lose). So at least there will be a couple of hours notice. Just to enable me stop check in every five minutes for updates.

I’d reduce that to 3 minutes, just to be safe.

 

[Marvin.]

While it seems entirely plausible that City haven't received the final verdict yet, I don't think it's necessarily true that nobody at the club has heard anything from the IC since the hearing finished. There surely would've been some dialogue since then between the IC and City/the PL even if it's not to communicate the final verdict. If there had been no communication at all since December then that would mean the club are still very much in the dark about the outcome and I'm not buying that at this stage of the process.

I do buy that. But the hearing itself might, if the arguments were clear-cut, give City strong insight into the expected result.