PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

ChicagoBlue said:
False or on the non-City side of innocent ir guilty? In the presence of indictment, but the absence of verdict, most things are fair game, allegedly.
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The BBC, Mail, and the Guardian have published numerous totally false stories about City's case. You can include virtually all their stories about the Rui Pinto saga. The media also claimed that "City picked the three Judges" for CAS, that the club is "state-owned," that City were facing huge penalties from UEFA just before the decision to clear us. In fact we now know that UEFA had no evidence and were desperately trying to do a deal with City. There are just too many proven lies to list here.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
The BBC, Mail, and the Guardian have published numerous totally false stories about City's case. You can include virtually all their stories about the Rui Pinto saga. The media also claimed that "City picked the three Judges" for CAS, that the club is "state-owned," that City were facing huge penalties from UEFA just before the decision to clear us. In fact we now know that UEFA had no evidence and were desperately trying to do a deal with City. There are just too many proven lies to list here.
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Once a reputation for either truth or lies is established people become followers and trust opinions.
Unless of course a cult of the Putin and Trump variety tells you otherwise.
 
mexico1970 said:
We don't appear to have visibly fought this, in fact we seem to have actively courted the journalists who have spread these "lies", our club have either underestimated the power of constant propaganda or they just don't care.

If the evidence of even the clubs apparent ignorance of their own fans feelings of their treatment is to go by I am not surprised by other fans being bold when the press and media have continued their onslaught with seemingly no reply from MCFC HQ.
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Many moons ago, I used to work for an auld fella. Very likeable guy but a bit of a cute hoor, as we say in Ireland. That is to say, (more or less) a rogue with a chip on his shoulder and a very long memory.
Lads would come into the shop. Many of them liked to haggle, which was expected. Some of them would try to get one over on you. In every case, Jimmy (that was his name) would always make a bit of a crack out of the haggling and let on he was losing out (he never did). As they went out the door, he'd joke with the smiling customer who was sure he'd pulled a stroke, "don't worry, I'll get you back and you won't even know you've been got".
It took me a long time to cop what he was doing but as soon as I did, it was impossible not to admire the way Jimmy worked.
 
mad4city said:
Many moons ago, I used to work for an auld fella. Very likeable guy but a bit of a cute hoor, as we say in Ireland. That is to say, (more or less) a rogue with a chip on his shoulder and a very long memory.
Lads would come into the shop. Many of them liked to haggle, which was expected. Some of them would try to get one over on you. In every case, Jimmy (that was his name) would always make a bit of a crack out of the haggling and let on he was losing out (he never did). As they went out the door, he'd joke with the smiling customer who was sure he'd pulled a stroke, "don't worry, I'll get you back and you won't even know you've been got".
It took me a long time to cop what he was doing but as soon as I did, it was impossible not to admire the way Jimmy worked.
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I’ve got to ask……. wtf was he selling?
 
slbsn said:
Tangentially relevant but some may be interested as some big PL supporters in this thread...
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The Premier League is fast becoming the most expensive private members club in West London

What did the Premier League spend £324m on in just 2 years?
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"If you overshoot your legal fees budget by £50 million, it’s either a failure to properly estimate the magnitude of the case you’re pursuing, or a case of shutting their eyes, covering their ears, and pretending that overspending simply doesn’t matter."

How do they explain to the board we have evidence of Khaldoon saying I’d rather spend £50m on legal fees……..so we budgeted £8m…..

Could you explain about the missing or unaccounted millions is there any idea what this could be? Unsubstantiated gossip is ok ;)
 
cheekybids said:
Could you explain about the missing or unaccounted millions is there any idea what this could be? Unsubstantiated gossip is ok ;)
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Obviously, the only way to answer that would be the time-honoured "follow-the-money" forensic examination which the PL would never allow.

FWIW, my guess would be "sweeteners" to people at UEFA and FIFA not to meddle in PL affairs and backhanders to powerful, overseas individuals where tv deals are being negotiated. You don't do deals in some of those countries without...er..."assistance".

Wouldn't surprise me if that bastard Coe is being paid by the PL to promote the "Wembley of the North" idea too.
 
Newman Noggs said:
Obviously, the only way to answer that would be the time-honoured "follow-the-money" forensic examination which the PL would never allow.

FWIW, my guess would be "sweeteners" to people at UEFA and FIFA not to meddle in PL affairs and backhanders to powerful, overseas individuals where tv deals are being negotiated. You don't do deals in some of those countries without...er..."assistance".

Wouldn't surprise me if that bastard Coe is being paid by the PL to promote the "Wembley of the North" idea too.
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I’m sure we know exactly where it’s gone…… people in glass houses eh ;)
 
cheekybids said:
"If you overshoot your legal fees budget by £50 million, it’s either a failure to properly estimate the magnitude of the case you’re pursuing, or a case of shutting their eyes, covering their ears, and pretending that overspending simply doesn’t matter."

How do they explain to the board we have evidence of Khaldoon saying I’d rather spend £50m on legal fees……..so we budgeted £8m…..

Could you explain about the missing or unaccounted millions is there any idea what this could be? Unsubstantiated gossip is ok ;)
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Personally my best guess is legal related spend but spend not specifically credited as legal spend. Just hard to see what else could be. But I’m told definitively I am wrong!
 
slbsn said:
Tangentially relevant but some may be interested as some big PL supporters in this thread...
open.substack.com

The Premier League is fast becoming the most expensive private members club in West London

What did the Premier League spend £324m on in just 2 years?
open.substack.com open.substack.com
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Interesting article thanks Stefan.

A business has every right to increase headcount but it seems odd to almost double it in five years.

You’d expect that kind of increase to come about due to an acquisition or significant strategic/growth project.

What are the 120 people doing? Is it a case of bringing previously contracted work in-house?

*I realise this isn’t the main angle of your article but find it interesting nonetheless.
 
mcfcphil said:
Interesting article thanks Stefan.

A business has every right to increase headcount but it seems odd to almost double it in five years.

You’d expect that kind of increase to come about due to an acquisition or significant strategic/growth project.

What are the 120 people doing? Is it a case of bringing previously contracted work in-house?

*I realise this isn’t the main angle of your article but find it interesting nonetheless.
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We don’t have much info. In fairness, the 20
Shareholders are going to have some strong views if the spending was too high. I guess regulation has greatly increased, there are very many foreign broadcast partners, they are planning to bring quite a lot more in house on the media side etc. Nevertheless it does seem that it is perhaps become bloated
 
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