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

[bobbyowenquiff]

I think we would, if we wanted to. I don't think we want the whole world knowing our private affairs. It will be select pieces at best, based around what the CAS final report will be. Khaldoon may touch on aspects in an interview, but for the most part our private and confidential affairs will remain such. In any case, I reckon anything from our evidence we wish to be out there will be in the CAS report, anything not included we don't want to be in the public domain. The CAS report limitations will be largely down to how much UEFA want revealed about their side of things, and that will be a judgement for Ceferin and the lawyers on, given the structure of UEFA, how much they want revealed that will construct the CAS report narrative to suit his reforms, without damaging UEFA as a whole. I think this is why City and UEFA have had previous discussions and continue to do so, to agree upon a message both sides can ultimately benefit from on the promise that this sort of thing never happens again.

Agreed. Both sides need to agree a form of wording in their follow-up press statements which allows both parties to move on. I am presuming that the CAS statement will be quite bland with any controversial material not published. That said I do feel City must say something out to nail the false narrative that somehow we have got away with it purely on the "time-barred" element.

 

[paulchapo]

Like the rest, a fucking snake and a rag one at that after nothing but clicks and revenue.

I've no issue in him earning a living by the way but when it comes to ill informed fucking bullshit about our club i will call him out.

The man like many others in his rat infested, look at me industry can get fucked.

He lost all credibility when he was saying he had it on good authority we wouldn't be banned before we got hit with a two year ban. At best it proved he knows no more than your average fan, at worse it was malicious.

 

[DrBlueBob]

You’d have thought having evidence that is in no way valid would be a bit of a sticking point when bringing a case. But no, you’d be wrong.

Also note how he uses the exact same words as Klopp, ex-Dortmund. Shows how they are all colluding, whispering, to bring this smear campaign upon us.

Celebration should be forbidden?! What a smacked arse.

 

[domalino]

This is why I really want Soriano or Khaldoon to do one of their Chris Bailey interviews to put idiots like this in their place.

I suspect we're keeping our powder dry on that until the full report is released, if it is. I read before that if one or both parties request it not to be made public it won't be... which will give the detractors even more fuel to claim we cheated.

They should do it with someone like Lineker, not in-house media.

The reality is they could exert total control over the whole interview, allowed questions in writing beforehand, final say over the edited interview before release etc. but they'd get a lot more credibility from non-City fans who see in-house media as basically just a propaganda platform (this was genuinely widespread as a reaction after Soriano's interview) and an audience that's orders of magnitude bigger.

Lineker is so desperate for relevance he'd be softer than marshmallow to get the interview.

I beleive Khaldoon did one under similar circumstances in November 2019 with Sky - his first interview with national media.

It all comes down to who you are speaking to. If you want to speak to City fans, put it on the City website. If you're trying to put your side of the story out to the public, do it in public.

 

[SilverFox2]

Like the rest, a fucking snake and a rag one at that after nothing but clicks and revenue.

I've no issue in him earning a living by the way but when it comes to ill informed fucking bullshit about our club i will call him out.

The man like many others in his rat infested, look at me industry can get fucked.

Despite our CAS result we must surely not expect their hatred to change, we have simply deprived them of ammunition.
They resent our victory and must rationalise to rewrite the reasons for the legal defeat.

 

[Dirty Harry]

You’d have thought having evidence that is in no way valid would be a bit of a sticking point when bringing a case. But no, you’d be wrong.

Also note how he uses the exact same words as Klopp, ex-Dortmund. Shows how they are all colluding, whispering, to bring this smear campaign upon us.

Reading many of the responses it seems many fans are starting to see the bigger picture here.

 

[The perfect fumble]

Spitty in the Telegraph....

Yes, Man City have a persecution complex but Jurgen Klopp was wrong to call FFP verdict 'not good for football'

"But disagreeing with the rules is no justification for obstructing investigators examining if a club has broken them.

City’s gleeful response to a reduced punishment of £9 million based on technical deficiencies in the disciplinary process exposed the depth of their persecution complex.

Upon hearing the verdict, they reacted with the joy you expect when a club wins a trophy, Pep Guardiola posting a selfie before setting his sights on Uefa for trying to implement rules and the clubs pressuring the governing body to do so.

The most laughable image is of City being a lilywhite organisation subject to attack from a hostile cabal of eight elite clubs. For the record, one of the eight clubs is Burnley. I am not sure how City, or those pleading on City’s behalf, can make the argument they are revolutionaries fighting the system and keep a straight face. Oil-rich sovereign nations are not and never will be ‘plucky underdogs’.

Add to that the content of an email from a City lawyer joking about the death of one of Uefa’s overseers and, whatever the rights and wrongs of how those documents were obtained and leaked, you find yourself in danger of losing balance on that moral high ground.

In summary, the outrage towards City and City’s outrage is pure tribalism. It demeans everyone when the juvenile spats of social or even mainstream media are encouraged and fed by the clubs."

 

[SilverFox2]

"Celebration should be forbidden " might be my new favourite phrase! So bitter, so arrogant, so German

Even Hitler in the CAS clip didn't go that far when informed of our win.

 

[SapperBlue]

You’d have thought having evidence that is in no way valid would be a bit of a sticking point when bringing a case. But no, you’d be wrong.

Also note how he uses the exact same words as Klopp, ex-Dortmund. Shows how they are all colluding, whispering, to bring this smear campaign upon us.

Celebration ist verboten, for you ze VAR ist over.

 

[SebastianBlue]

"Celebration should be forbidden " might be my new favourite phrase! So bitter, so arrogant, so German

I was going to say, I am fairly certain “Celebration should be forbidden” is the national motto of Deutschland.

FEIER MUSS VERBOTEN WERDEN

I’ll verify with the missus.