CAS judgement: UEFA ban overturned, City exonerated (report out p603)

[LongsightM13]

So I found the Sun article. Ignoring the headline, which is probably written by someone other than the author of the piece, the text of the article doesn't mention sister clubs at all.

It talks first about off-shore payments to agents and then adds that a club is using foreign "partner" clubs to disguise amounts paid for transfers into their UK squads.

It then goes on to say that these "off-shore" payments by "partner clubs" have often been made as "scouting agreements" and that 16 transfers are being reviewed.

It then goes on to talk about satellite teams and how many PL club owners have them (strange observation about owners).

So, to conclude. Assuming the writer is able to properly express what he is trying to talk about .... a PL club is using its European satellite clubs to pay "scouting arrangements" to agents as part of at least 16 transfers into its UK squads. Not much to go on there.

I suppose this could be something to do with CFG and a group-wide scouting network, some misunderstanding of sophisticated shared service processes and a willingness from some clubs to throw shit in the direction of CFG because they are losing out. But I doubt anything CFG has done is anything less than squeaky clean from the accounting, fiscal and FFP viewpoint.

Props for the research. So the Mail article is not only rehashed but fundamentally incorrect in parts.

 

[JRockBlues]

The fact the story has been mostly ignored by the UK media confirms it is United. Let's face it a few hundred fanboys cheering at Bangkok airport is clearly a much bigger story than finanacial corruption at the world's biggest club. This story will be treated the same way as these below. It will be airbrushed out of history.

Rooney facing tax probe over £1.5m: Revenue investigate image rights

Wayne Rooney's Manchester United contract is being investigated by the taxman after court documents revealed he earns a staggering £1.52million in image rights.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Despite garnering some props for his stint as Derby manager he's just run off to the MLS to manage DC United. With rumours of HMRC floating around again am I adding 2+2 to get 5 or is there more in it?

 

[Barcon]

Despite garnering some props for his stint as Derby manager he's just run off to the MLS to manage DC United. With rumours of HMRC floating around again am I adding 2+2 to get 5 or is there more in it?

I might go and watch a TFC game when he comes just so I can sing "fat granny shagger" again.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Props for the research. So the Mail article is not only rehashed but fundamentally incorrect in parts.

I think the problem is that the people writing this stuff don't understand what they are talking about.

 

[KS55]

I think the problem is that the people writing this stuff don't understand what they are talking about.

You can say that again!

 

[NZBlue]

I think the problem is that the people writing this stuff don't understand what they are talking about

 

[halfcenturyup]

I think the problem is that the people writing this stuff don't understand what they are talking about

Utter rubbish.

 

[Gordyola]

I seem to remember a couple of manyoo players setting themselves up as initials+squad no., akin to Ronaldo.

The names that seem to stick in my mind were Phil Jones and Anthony Martial.

Maybe getting the wrong end of the stick.

Phil should register his face

 

[Centurions]

Yep, the difference it how it will be reported will be astounding….

With a claimed 329 players, 31 clubs and 91 agents supposedly being investigated there can't be many clubs not implicated. Unless they're all part of Chelsea's loan squad that is.

 

[laserblue]

I think the problem is that the people writing this stuff don't understand what they are talking about

Yet they get paid, and presumably paid well, for writing bullshit about subjects they have zero understanding of. Think all the so called journos who know the square root of fuck all about FFP and the WhatsApp group who know the square root of fuck all about anything.