So safe to say that both sides in a legal tribunal are confident that the outcome will be favourable to themselves. Like both boxers claiming victory at the final bell.
It could happen. I remember we were in to sign Falcao on loan , rags hadn’t been mentioned and all of a sudden he signed for them. People on here genuinely were mocking Sky saying that they had mistakenly called us Manchester United
But the Lyon situation is EXACTLY the situation United are in. La Ligue fear that Lyon’s debt is so high that they may fail as an entity and so affect the credibility of the first division.
Think Nunes will be our right back next year. Rico, Stones, Akanji as back up. Only Livramento being available would alter this and I can’t see that happening.
No points deduction would be a win for us. A fine might allow keyboard warriors etc to continue calling us cheats and so feeling better about their tiny worlds but who cares one jot about that.
The PL would be well advised to announce City being completely exonerated while the nation joins together in praise of Jim and celebrates the end of unemployment in the North as well as a rebirth for Manshoonited.
Before long they will dig up an EU finance law expert who will disclose that EU commissioners have the power to impose severe penalties including transfer bans, relegation to the Luxembourg National League 3 and stripping of titles.
Jamie Carragher will invite the guy (a University of Sheffield...