PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[LangleyBlue1970]

I binge watched it last year. Brilliant series. Cant believe i didnt watch it when it first aired.

I’ve binge watched it at least 5 times. I usually give it a couple of years and start again. The best telly ever made.

 

[Gazza]

Is it imminent?

Well, after 6½ months it must be closer.

 

[Blueknows]

This is a very different situation to 2014. We negotiated and accepted a settlement with UEFA that wasn't particularly onerous. Yes, we could have challenged the way they dealt with the whole matter and their moving of the goalposts, but as Khaldoon said, we took the pinch and moved on. I suspect that if we'd known the way things would turn out, we'd have played hardball but we shrugged our shoulders and moved on.

But it's not a case of "accepting" anything this time. If any sanction is deemed to be appropriate the panel will decide that without reference to what we might or might not "accept". Of course we can appeal any sanction so in that sense we won't accept it.

As Khaldoon said at the time "we took a pinch"...thats not gonna happen again imo

 

[Blueknows]

I binge watched it last year. Brilliant series. Cant believe i didnt watch it when it first aired.

outstanding series

 

[Goatmeal]

Looking at the big picture. I think the new Puma deal is significant. That deal has probably been on the table for a while.
I would say subject to any sanctions.
They could have waited until after any announcement of course. But that would look like Puma only gave us the deal because we have been cleared.
My guess is that city now know the outcome and it’s how both parties go to the media with it.
The club will want to be seen to have had the support from a major sponsor before any verdict.
I would say this is fairly close to coming out.
Just my opinion

 

[Lord Blue]

I binge watched it last year. Brilliant series. Cant believe i didnt watch it when it first aired.

Tried to watch it a few times. Never gotten far before ditching it wondering what the fuss was about. Might give it another go one day.

 

[Cumbie Blue]

CAS found us guilty of non cooperation btw.

Well we did admit that we stopped going above and beyond for requests and access whilst highlighting all the leaks from UEFA side of potentially commercially sensitive info / date of the club and its partners / sponsors.

100% right thing for us to do at the time. "The pinch" the cost of doing business and all that but not this time.

 

[Tevez32mcfc]

Could be absolute rubbish but a mate of mine at a law firm said he thought part of the non cooperation was UEFA asking for (as an example) a 200 page document from City containing evidence only for us to send them the relevant pages. Another reason why it dragged on for a while. Could be the same with this one?

Its becoming tiresome now. Surely City and the Premier League will want this sorted before the season starts. Its like walking around with a massive cloud following you taking its time deciding whether its going to piss it down or not.

 

[dickie davies]

CAS found us guilty of non cooperation btw.

The CAS said in their conclusion that they understood why the club stopped providing information to UEFA, but if it had supplied the documents that were used in evidence at the CAS, UEFA probably wouldn't have banned us
When they issued us with the fine, it was really because we'd wasted the CAS' time

 

[Micky Blue]

Well we did admit that we stopped going above and beyond for requests and access whilst highlighting all the leaks from UEFA side of potentially commercially sensitive info / date of the club and its partners / sponsors.

100% right thing for us to do at the time. "The pinch" the cost of doing business and all that but not this time.

Didn’t they also request access to some of Etihads accounts which had fuck all to do with us, or have I made that up?

 

[BlueNirvana]

Well we did admit that we stopped going above and beyond for requests and access whilst highlighting all the leaks from UEFA side of potentially commercially sensitive info / date of the club and its partners / sponsors.

100% right thing for us to do at the time. "The pinch" the cost of doing business and all that but not this time.

Whatever happened to the UEFA investigation into the leaks. lol

 

[mancboy]

The CAS said in their conclusion that they understood why the club stopped providing information to UEFA, but if it had supplied the documents that were used in evidence at the CAS, UEFA probably wouldn't have banned us
When they issued us with the fine, it was really because we'd wasted the CAS' time

WAIT, so we can issue fines for people wasting our time? @halfcenturyup you owe me about a million quid

 

[Quinny851]

Looking at the big picture. I think the new Puma deal is significant. That deal has probably been on the table for a while.
I would say subject to any sanctions.
They could have waited until after any announcement of course. But that would look like Puma only gave us the deal because we have been cleared.
My guess is that city now know the outcome and it’s how both parties go to the media with it.
The club will want to be seen to have had the support from a major sponsor before any verdict.
I would say this is fairly close to coming out.
Just my opinion

I think the moment Berrada moved to the rags was fairly significant too

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Whatever happened to the UEFA investigation into the leaks. lol

Well nothing has leaked on that.

 

[manimanc]

I think the moment Berrada moved to the rags was fairly significant too

I also think the moment we became centurions, fourmidables, won the treble and four in a row was significant also.
It triggered the red cartel clubs and Masters into operation city slander.

 

[Kippax77]

I think the moment Berrada moved to the rags was fairly significant too

It was.
They've become even shitter since

 

[Blueknows]

I also think the moment we became centurions, fourmidables, won the treble and four in a row was significant also.
It triggered the red cartel clubs and Masters into operation city slander.

And smashing numerous long standing records along the way

 

[KS55]

Whatever happened to the UEFA investigation into the leaks. lol

I emailed them asking that a few years back…………..no reply.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

The CAS said in their conclusion that they understood why the club stopped providing information to UEFA, but if it had supplied the documents that were used in evidence at the CAS, UEFA probably wouldn't have banned us
When they issued us with the fine, it was really because we'd wasted the CAS' time

was still for non co-operation mind.

but I agree its for wasting peoples time.

 

[Milesvk]

Was it APT or 115 case Masters has had to provide WhatsApp messages and emails going back a few years?
The reason I ask is, could city use this information as an defence against non cooperation.
I might be wrong (probably) but stefan has always stated APT and 115 should be viewed separately but could city use the findings in APT to defend the non-co-operation in 115.