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

[PannickAtTheDisco]

It's a question which I still bugs me.

Why did City go directly to CAS in an attempt to circumnavigate the process by Uefa?

City must surely have known it was a Hail Mary at best, knowing CAS couldn't do anything at that stage?

Throughout this whole process, it doesn't sit right, counsel would have known this.

Some have suggested it was simply a shot across UEFA's bow, but I think it was much more nuanced than that?

We needed to plant a seed to permeate CAS, there has to be more than City just trying to head Uefa off at the pass, knowing CAS couldn't get involved at that stage in the proceedings?

Partly setting the scene and narrative with CAS, and getting conclusions from CAS that have clearly resonated with the puppet string pullers at UEFA as they've shut up a lot more.

 

[projectriver]

Isn’t it possible that non-co-operation could actually refer to us not accepting the rumoured lesser punishment? Remember that when clubs are deemed to have breached the regs, they can enter into a settlement agreement with UEFA (as we did in 2014). It could be that the stories of us rejecting the rumoured deal offered by Ceferin have led to UEFA going in on us hard with the 2 year ban, and chucking in an accusation of non-co-operation to make us look like even bigger twats in the eyes of the footballing world.

No - that wouldn't be non-cooperation.

 

[projectriver]

It's a question which still bugs me.

Why did City go directly to CAS in an attempt to circumnavigate the process by Uefa?

City must surely have known it was a Hail Mary at best, knowing CAS couldn't do anything at that stage?

Throughout this whole process, it doesn't sit right, counsel would have known this.

Some have suggested it was simply a shot across UEFA's bow, but I think it was much more nuanced than that?

We needed to plant a seed to permeate CAS, there has to be more than City just trying to head Uefa off at the pass, knowing CAS couldn't get involved at that stage in the proceedings?

I suspect they thought they could win (like with many things its arguable - even if not one likely to succeed) and that it would send a message to UEFA. Nothing more. Wouldn't read too much into it.

 

[M18CTID]

No - that wouldn't be non-cooperation.

Apologies - what’s an extra hyphen between friends? ;)

 

[Shaelumstash]

It's a question which still bugs me.

Why did City go directly to CAS in an attempt to circumnavigate the process by Uefa?

City must surely have known it was a Hail Mary at best, knowing CAS couldn't do anything at that stage?

Throughout this whole process, it doesn't sit right, counsel would have known this.

Some have suggested it was simply a shot across UEFA's bow, but I think it was much more nuanced than that?

We needed to plant a seed to permeate CAS, there has to be more than City just trying to head Uefa off at the pass, knowing CAS couldn't get involved at that stage in the proceedings?

Or it was a way of City trying to stop the investigation being played out in the press... by taking legal action they knew would fail but would be reported in the press..

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

It's a question which still bugs me.

Why did City go directly to CAS in an attempt to circumnavigate the process by Uefa?

City must surely have known it was a Hail Mary at best, knowing CAS couldn't do anything at that stage?

Throughout this whole process, it doesn't sit right, counsel would have known this.

Some have suggested it was simply a shot across UEFA's bow, but I think it was much more nuanced than that?

We needed to plant a seed to permeate CAS, there has to be more than City just trying to head Uefa off at the pass, knowing CAS couldn't get involved at that stage in the proceedings?

Im guessing part protest at the press leaks and part signalling that we wouldn't be taking another 'pinch' and paying UEFA a bung/ransom again.

 

[blue oli]

It's a question which still bugs me.

Why did City go directly to CAS in an attempt to circumnavigate the process by Uefa?

City must surely have known it was a Hail Mary at best, knowing CAS couldn't do anything at that stage?

Throughout this whole process, it doesn't sit right, counsel would have known this.

Some have suggested it was simply a shot across UEFA's bow, but I think it was much more nuanced than that?

We needed to plant a seed to permeate CAS, there has to be more than City just trying to head Uefa off at the pass, knowing CAS couldn't get involved at that stage in the proceedings?

I read it as a way to get a comment out in the press about the leaks without showing double standards and talking about the subject to the press ourselves. Also to pressure UEFA into stopping g the leaks too probably, I think they knew nothing would happen but comment had to be made.

 

[CharliesRightPeg]

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Uefa argued with ac Milan about when they should appeal and argued that the appeal should have been made when the referral was issued. Hence City had to appeal to CAS at that stage just to make sure Uefa didn't try to get it kicked out at a later stage by claiming we didn't appeal at the correct time

In fact Uefa tried to argue that we shouldn't have appealed at this stage in direct opposition to their own arguement vs ac Milan and cas agreed we had to appeal because the Uefa guidance was unclear

 

[CharliesRightPeg]

Then item 105, Uefa by not following the same guidance consistently has created this situation where city need to appeal in good faith because we didn't know which arguement Uefa would present re when the right time to appeal was

 

[oldius]

I think the appeal to CAS was a public statement of intent.