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

[Baggins.mcfc]

Breaking news. I'm sat in a hospital waiting room, listening to a loud random couple. The woman is reading out the news headlines. When she mentions the city ban, the guy asks why have they been banned. The answer is because we bought too many players for too much money, when the window was closed. So there you go, they have us bang to rights.

 

[Academica]

How could it be worse Ric.

Just look at all the shit the rags got when the pisscan started banning journalists and the BBC,

 

[Fordyboy46]

Weren't we supposed to have wined and dined UEFA reps at a recent champs league game, if that was true then the nicey nicey approach didn't work again. Fucking get at them City.

 

[Blue Til Death]

I think we've lost tbh. The cartel have won. No matter the appeals, even winning an appeal, we've lost. The destruction is total.

Unless we blow FFP out of the water.

The politics is disgusting though, enough to put you off.

Fuck me Gorton, did you get stood up on your valentine's date yesterday ...

 

[blueabdi]

Financial fair play was corrupted from its birth by those at the top, distorted into the most naked protectionism. It was supposed to be about debt but ended up placing limitations on owner investment, stoping young and small teams from challenging top European clubs.
It is meant to cement a handful of elite clubs in place at Europe's top competition and shut the rest like Man city outside. The consequences are clear; small clubs will be unable to grow and will not present a sustained challenge to the top spot. Is that fairness? No, its protecting big gangs, fairness is just the sale. Don’t be misled. It was never meant to be fair.
A club loaded with debt, like Manchester United, is fully compliant; the FPP rule, while a club without debt, like City, is not is beyond FAIR.

 

[malg]

Cancel all your 'The Athletic' subscriptions folks if you have any, another enemy of the club.

Is that American owned?

 

[Metalartin]

I think the only sensible thing, now that even if we prove we didn't break their bent rules, is to show that said rules are bent outright. So it can no longer be used as a stick to beat us at all. Even United and Liverpool fans know they are but they still say "you cheated", cheated rules you know shouldn't be allowed in the first place but got put their by clubs like yours? No we didn't and no there isn't anything wrong with a clubs owner investing in their club's team.

Yes we should prove that we didn't break the rules but the whole narrative goes out of the window when FFP is deemed to be the cheat.

Where do we put the asterisks if that happens? Will any of these journalists go after any of the clubs implicated in getting a bent law in place, if proven links can be established?

 

[Blue Hefner]

Financial fair play was corrupted from its birth by those at the top, distorted into the most naked protectionism. It was supposed to be about debt but ended up placing limitations on owner investment, stoping young and small teams from challenging top European clubs.
It is meant to cement a handful of elite clubs in place at Europe's top competition and shut the rest like Man city outside. The consequences are clear; small clubs will be unable to grow and will not present a sustained challenge to the top spot. Is that fairness? No, its protecting big gangs, fairness is just the sale. Don’t be misled. It was never meant to be fair.
A club loaded with debt, like Manchester United, is fully compliant; the FPP rule, while a club without debt, like City, is not is beyond FAIR.

Hi Martin

Good article by the way...

 

[DWIFF]

Let justice be done though the heavens fall[/

 

[worsleyweb]

Sergio Silva - fuckoff you complete knob.