We still have taken a pinch mate. That £10m fine is a fucking joke. 10m for failing to cooperate with an investigation into something we hadn't done? Effectively a fine for what in the US would be taking the 5th or here the right to remain silent - both quite sensible courses of action in the face of what turned out to be a witch-hunt / malicious complaint and the breaches of confidentiality by uefa during their 'investigation'.
I see it as even worse than that.
My take on what happened is we withdrew cooperation because UEFA through the IC were not adhering to due process. They were acting as judge and jury without considering the considerable dossier of evidence we had put together in defence.
At the same time they were leaking what should have been confidential, to the media and having us tried there.
With the media having us hung drawn and quartered they then just got rubber stamped by their AC.
We were the only ones adhering to due process, their rules and it became evident that we had to get to an independent court.
We were right to withdraw from what was quite obviously corrupted.
For us to have to pay them any amount now just to get an independent court to rule on it really irks me.
They were the problem. Cooperating further with them was leading to further reputational damage.
If we have to pay for not sticking to the process then they should too. They were riding roughshod over their own rules at the H8 & G7’s behest.
That’s what started the impasse.
I’m not normally a vengeful man but this still boils my piss.
I want vengeance.