UEFA FFP investigation - CAS decision to be announced Monday, 13th July 9.30am BST

[cleavers]

I doubt if United is any part of this.
We always welcome competition, whether it's Chelsea or City, new challenges only make things more interesting.

LOL.

 

[OmgOgs]

This is a totally unwarranted & abusive attack I’ve been a City Season ticket holder for 45 years. I was just expressing a reason why UEFA back the old privileged clubs who do have more “plastic” support worldwide & who continually contribute to UEFA coffers either directly or indirectly. I won’t lower myself to your abusive level but I won’t acceot being called what you just called me.

I'm a United supporter so it wouldn't bother me to be called a rag. But I can see how that must hurt if you really are a genuine City fan.

 

[George Hannah]

The other thing to come out of tonight's announcement is that all those cretinous journo's who were talking about a UEFA "investigation" were clearly talking out of their arseholes.

let's hear it for all those much maligned journos eh? great call PB

 

[OmgOgs]

It is purely about race. The Fascism at the heart of football in Europe didnt take on a white Abramovitch.

I think so. Not so much racism but Islamophobia in my opinion.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

This isn't a Mexican standoff, the club might well lose this, I've no idea either way and I'm pretty sure you don't either.

But there is a power imbalance here, we need to compete and UEFA can stop us, we don't have anything UEFA wants, but they have something we very much want. It might come down to taking UEFA to court, it might mean lengthy legal battles, it might mean something more than a pinch, either way it's not good for us and we won't emerge unscathed, I'm pretty sure of that.

We haven't been charged with anything as yet, it's just a so called investigation.

 

[Postman Pep]

I also think there is a real limit to what UEFA can do unless they really are hell bent on discriminating our club and try it on.

cough 'VAR' cough

 

[levets]

City will know if they’ve broken any rules

How could they issue such a confident and clear statement like that if they have?

City’s statement states allegations of financial irregularities are false... and further imply they conform to all legal procedures. In other words, the club has done nothing illegally regarding its financial reporting. Very different from stating we have not circumvented FFP regs.

 

[squirtyflower]

Hahahaha , the bitters

On reflection

How does the Times know that there are twelve CEOs of PL clubs currently in their offices, pen in hand, poised to write on club headed note paper,

Dear PL,
It’s just not fair.......



Or maybe they’re not

 

[bluesimon]

I have a completely different take on all of this FFP shite. The reality is that the Sheik came to City, handed over the best part of £1b++ and confirmed that he did not want it back. It was not a loan. It was a genuine investment into not only City but into the business of 'football'. That £1b was FRESH NEW OUTSIDE MONEY has circulated around the entire footballing planet and directly and indirectly, many of our immediate competitors and more importantly, UEFA, have benefited from it.
Think about it. £1b of FRESH NEW MONEY into the Football Business world - which our owner DOES NOT WANT BACK. I don't know if the PSG money and original Chelski monies were on the same basis, but assuming they were, these kinds of clubs should be welcomed with open arms. Between City, Chelski and PSG, that is probably £3b of new cash now running through the veins of clubs all around the world, which was not there before.
I think City would welcome the opportunity of UEFA pushing this too far and force it through a real Court of Law rather than a fecking quango organisation, run by a bunch of hereditary biased dickheads.

 

[cookster]

Hahahaha , the bitters

Wasn't the PL version introduced after the period UEFA are investigating? Reckon this is BS.