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

[kaz7]

Para 84 confirms that the emails were edited selectively and two were merged to give a completely misleading impression.

Also 'HH' was not Sheikh Mansour.

I await lots of apologies from the media

 

[kaz7]

The Conclusions.


The Court of Arbitration for Sport rules that:
1. The appeal filed on 24 February 2020 by Manchester City Football Club Limited against the decision issued on 14 February 2020 by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Club Financial Control Body of the Union des Associations Europdennes de Football is partially upheld.

2. The decision issued on 14 February 2020 by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Club Financial Control Body of the Union des Associations Européennes de Football is set aside and is replaced by the following:

a. Manchester City Football Club Limited has contravened Article 56 of the Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations.

b. Manchester City Football Club Limited shall pay a fine of EUR 10,000,000 to the Union des Associations Europdennes de Football, within 30 days as from the date of issuance of the present arbitral award.

c. Manchester City Football Club Limited shall pay an amount of EUR 100,000 to the Union des Associations Européennes de Football on account of the legal costs incurred by the CFCB up until the issuance of the decision issued on 14 February 2020 by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Club Financial Control Body of the Union des Associations Européennes de Football, within 30 days as from the date of issuance of the present arbitral award.

3. The costs of the arbitration, to be determined and served to the Parties by the CAS Court Office, shall be borne by both Parties in equal shares.

4. Each Party shall bear its own legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with the present appeal arbitration proceedings.

5. All other and flirther motions or prayers for relief are dismissed.

They should be paying our costs

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Based on the evidence in front of it, in particular the witness statements which again the Panel notes were not before the Adjudicatory Chamber, the letters issued by Etihad executives and the accounting evidence provided by MCFC, the majority of the Panel is not comfortably satisfied that the arrangements discussed in the Leaked Emails were in fact executed. ​

It basically does appear that they had some emails and that was it, as I see it.
City then declined to make UEFA's case better.

 

[kaz7]

UEFA were mad thinking they could win on that evidence,what were they thinking

 

[domalino]

It basically does appear that they had some emails and that was it, as I see it.
City then declined to make UEFA's case better.

City actually gave CAS all the emails except 1 and an attachment from another.

They refused to give them to UEFA...

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Why the fuck have Newcastle and Burnley on this, I guess they were promised some cast offs at a super low price like Sunderland etc used to sign from the rags if they added their names.

Burnley were in the top 10, and not far off UEFA places. Having an extra place to the league was presumably the reason.

 

[Sir peace frog]

so why did they charge and find us guilty if all they had was merged emails, and emails that had been changed, someone should swing for this

 

[mccity]

Godot has arrived!

 

[MillionMilesAway]

They should be paying our costs

It says City withdrew the request, I think (para 59, page 21)

Edit - think I'm wrong there. Ignore it

 

[danielwood5]

It basically does appear that they had some emails and that was it, as I see it.
City then declined to make UEFA's case better.

It doesn't even look like they had emails to me, all they seem to have had were edited and faked emails reported on in a backwater German paper! It'd be unbelievable and pretty hilarious if the whole thing hadn't been so damaging to the club.