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

[sir baconface]

The Telegraph yesterday found an 'expert' lawyer who claimed that as City had misled the players, the players could argue that (if the ban is not overturned) their contracts with City are null & void ... and so simply declare themselves free agents and join another club for free.

Clearly this would completely ruin the club we all love overnight, and can only assume / hope that this kind of thing is scaremongering / wishful thinking by our haters, of the highest degree ?

A player exodus and stripped titles are just part of Press Project Fear. The expert lawyer can go fcuk himself...expertly.

 

[KS55]

In the Bosman case the European Commission did not back Bosman and effectively gave its support to UEFA. This made things rather more difficult for Bosman but not only did he win but the ECJ gave UEFA a blunt warning that all future cases would be decided by what the court considered lawful and not what UEFA considered best for football. The European Commission has recognised UEFA as the body competent to regulate football finance, but this was with the proviso that such regulation should be consistent with European competition law. Throughout the EU such law guarantees the right of investors to invest and prohibits any attempts to prevent or limit investment. There are exceptions to prevent the use of the investment to prevent or hinder technological innovation, but there is no sporting exception. UEFA's claims that FFP is to protect clubs from their owners and encourage financial stability don't apply at all. That the only source of income FFP wishes to limit is owner investment seems, to me, to raise the possibility of acting as a cartel, since UEFA are a commercial rival of the clubs but also because the influence of certain clubs on it is evident and UEFA withdrew from its initial concern with debt under the influence of these clubs at the time Sheikh Mansour bought our club. It is possible that ECJ might see some merit the argument that FFP stops ultra wealthy owners "buying" success and trophies but it is hard to bring any proof of effectiveness here, and it is hard to show that Sheikh Mansour's investment has done anything but good for City and it is hard to identify any harmful effects on the game. My view is that competition law does all it can to encourage investment: FFP sees it as a threat to the game and puts more limits on it than it does on a betting company to sponsor a football team!

And that m'lud concludes the case for football.

 

[BlueRain]

It’s widely acknowledged that only the ruler of the UAE is referred to in this way

I wouldn't say "widely" as nobody at UEFA seems to know...

 

[Gordyola]

Doubt tgat is for the CAS hearing but what comes after.

City submitted a 200 pg of irrefutable evidence document to the investigative chamber they claim it was never look at CAS will look at that

 

[Gordyola]

I wouldn't say "widely" as nobody at UEFA seems to know...

Ok I’ll clarify widely for those of a knowledge of the UAE

 

[1961_vintage]

Probably HRH Prince Andrew.

Brilliant deduction. I bet that's where You_Genie or whatever her name was got her City shirt from.

 

[Gordyola]

The Telegraph yesterday found an 'expert' lawyer who claimed that as City had misled the players, the players could argue that (if the ban is not overturned) their contracts with City are null & void ... and so simply declare themselves free agents and join another club for free.

Clearly this would completely ruin the club we all love overnight, and can only assume / hope that this kind of thing is scaremongering / wishful thinking by our haters, of the highest degree ?

How have they misled the players there would never be any guarantees of playing in ECL

 

[half & half derby scarf]

I haven't attached any veracity to the alleged 'leaked emails' as an email could be faked by a child with only rudimentary IT skills. That evidence will be disregarded.
But it is interesting that Der Spiegel have been fabricating stories for 12 years.
In the context of a news office clearly relaxed about a culture of fabricated narrative it is almost certain that any fair minded arbitration would dismiss such evidence.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/disp...gy-at-the-heart-of-the-scandal-at-der-spiegel

 

[urban genie]

Brilliant deduction. I bet that's where You_Genie or whatever her name was got her City shirt from.

I hope the genie reference wasn't aimed at me

 

[The Black Shed]

Yep a large thread on utter nonsense.

Time will tell Kinky.