Think you are linking too many things at the same time here.
We are yet to see what, if anything happens re Chelsea with regard to the matters that were self reported. Of course I have read the articles in the press but ,we simply don’t know the extent of what Chelsea’s new owners uncovered or more relevant the completeness. It could be everything reported in the press but at the same time it could be far more. We simply don’t know.
The point remains that the new owners and therefore almost certainly the PL won’t have been able to access to our ex owner or his records to conduct a full investigation. Add to that as you well know from your background if you don’t grant concessions when people self report you are in grave danger that issues uncovered by current or even future owners will remain hidden if there is no advantage by coming clean indeed ,we have absolutely no idea what skeletons are in other clubs closets!
Do I you think for one second Chelsea would have self reported if RA was still the owner? No i certainly dont so, at this stage Chelsea ,if they hadn’t self reported would following the leaks be looking at some point of charges akin to Cities.
When it comes inter club transactions of course they should be disallowed when it comes to PSR . But, as Stephan points out the clubs made a conscious decision not to ban them. The fact that they won’t count when it comes to FFP sort of suggests that they may well have ploughed on with them regardless .That said the tariffs structure published by UEFA isn’t really that much of a deterrent.
The hotels from my limited understanding based on location / land value % occupancy etc seemed to be high valuation wise but not unreasonable. However the information re the woman’s team seems to be a crazy valuation but the mechanism is there to challenge.
Like your owners ours are far from novices when it comes to money matters so no doubt will have their justifications already lined up.
Who knows ? What we do know is that even after UEFa and indeed the PL stepped into restrict the length a transfer fee can be amortised, Chelsea still are handing out contracts in excess of 5 years so they may have carried out these transactions irrespective . We simply don’t know!
Bohley and company aren’t getting close to the best press that’s for sure but, there again most clubs supporters genuinely believe their clubs receive unfair treatment. I am far from blinkered in this regard and feel many of the press reports have a certain merit but certainly not all of them
As for City I don’t actually think this has anything to do with your owners colour, your owners background or anything other than it’s down to a quirk in British thinking in that we for some reason like the plucky underdog and don’t like winners. My take is the press here feed on that narrative and will do everything it can to tap into that negativity and, in a blink of an eye the whole nation ( save fans associated with the club being hammered) buys into that school of thought.
As I said earlier If RA was still our owner would it be right to say we were being treated differently because he is a Jew ? Of course not
If you weren’t winning things you would be termed almost plucky or a great role model a bit like Brighton or come to that Bournemouth both who have used the rules to their advantage . One running up hugely beneficial owner loans the other writing off huge ownership loans but to a large degree their other indiscretions go un reported , In the case of Brighton there have been some interesting other matters that didn’t even get a line in the national press.
Of course the PL have had to investigate the Chelsea matters . If you read my postings on this forum re this I have always said I expect a sanction of some sort indeed , it was me that flagged up months before there was a suggestion in the press that it might actually not result in charges but be settled by agreement.
It’s easy to think that I am suggesting that Chelsea should be treated differently but what has gone on at Chelsea’s treatment is different for one simple reason and that’s because the PL ,once RA sold up will not have had the same ability to conduct a complete investigation.
