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

[Gordyola]

The problem is that City already penalized by Uefa before.

The opposite actually A FINAL settlement was agreed now they want to reopen, based on illegally obtained emails

 

[M18CTID]

Aren't they trying to cast aspersions that City are attempting to deflect the issues, therefore guilt by association. After all "financial irregularities/improprieties" surely covers both rule violations and attempts to deceive investigations into financial transactions.

Personally I think that tweet is a load of bollocks and completely misses the point of City's statement in favour of a bit of nit-picking

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

So we have Bolton just down the road who have run their club into the ground to such an extent that their employees are relying on food banks to get by. That’s fine I suppose. But these corrupt fuckers are hounding us a club that operates at 0 debt has regenerated a run down part of the city created jobs built the best campus in world football and now look unstoppable on the pitch..... ahh I see now it’s the unstoppable bit they don’t like and they’ll do everything they can to stop us for their precious little old boys club. Take em on city and show the world exactly what these horrible fuckers are bent greedy bastards!

You've got it wrong. FFP is designed to stop a small number of clubs dominating european football through rich owners by ensuring a different small number of clubs dominate european football, who just so happen, by pure coincidence, to have had rich owners in the past.

 

[moz]

Suggestions for an alternative to the CL Anthem please.
Mine would be the Benny Hill theme tune. Works on so many different levels.

Now that would be funny maybe someone could hack into the playlist ;)

 

[MillionMilesAway]

The opposite actually A FINAL settlement was agreed now they want to reopen, based on illegally obtained emails

For a different charge though.
The previous agreement may make things awkward for them, but this is about providing misleading accounts, not having the numbers add up badly.

 

[Gordyola]

It's called into question Leterme's integrity

Maybe he will sue the club then

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Manchester City Football Club is disappointed, but regrettably not surprised, by the sudden announcement of the referral to be made by the CFCB IC Chief Investigator Yves Leterme.
The leaks to media over the last week are indicative of the process that has been overseen by Mr. Leterme.

Manchester City is entirely confident of a positive outcome when the matter is considered by an independent judicial body.

The accusation of financial irregularities remains entirely false and the CFCB IC referral ignores a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence provided by Manchester City FC to the Chamber.

The decision contains mistakes, misinterpretations and confusions fundamentally borne out of a basic lack of due process and there remain significant unresolved matters raised by Manchester City FC as part of what the Club has found to be a wholly unsatisfactory, curtailed, and hostile process.

That is a clear dont fuck with us t**ts, no more "pinches" will be taken

I've said all along that they will take this to the highest courts possible. They took the pinch, as Khaldoon said at the time, in my view for the good of football.
They haven't taken the message on board so now UEFA and all their stooges and the media are now going to find out that you don't mess with a rich man especially one as wealthy as HH Sheikh Mansour.

Basically, they haven't done their job properly and haven't bothered looking at any evidence in our favour.
They've been told by their paymasters that they've got to do us and that's what they tried to do.
Now they've bottled it, because they know they haven't got a leg to stand on and passed it on.

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Which years are the breaches alleged to have taken place?

As far as I can see we haven't "breached" anything, but misled!!

 

[Gordyola]

For a different charge though.
The previous agreement may make things awkward for them, but this is about providing misleading accounts, not having the numbers add up badly.

"Misleading accounts" infers the auditors are complicit or the directors lied to them both of which are far more serious than anything UEFA could come up with

 

[bobmcfc]

Swiss law allows it [evidence obtained illegally] if in the public interest.

Would we have to fight it there ?