City & FFP | 2020/21 Accounts released | Revenues of £569.8m, £2.4m profit (p 2395)

[stony]

It says that if we comply we will be free of restrictions. Have we complied? I know City believe we have, but we thought that last year too.
I'd still be suspicious of those cunts trying to fuck us over.

 

[Damanino]

Official report about PSG's restrictions for this summer?

Even this Marcotti report is a bit strange, where is the Uefa report about it.

 

[SilverFox2]

Official report about PSG's restrictions for this summer?

Even this Marcotti report is a bit strange, where is the Uefa report about it.

Is there any need for a UEFA report for Clubs that conform ?

 

[BackgroundBlue]

Sorry if previously posted:


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[FanchesterCity]

In the interests of transparency, it would be helpful if UEFA formally came out and stated the position of City and PSG with regards to lifted (or not) sanctions. Arguably, it doesn't technically need explanation, but it would be good practice for UEFA to do so.

I can see how there's a case that clubs and UEFA might not want the world to know, but that's just against all they claim to be standing for with regards to FFP.

 

[Bodicoteblue]

In the interests of transparency, it would be helpful if UEFA formally came out and stated the position of City and PSG with regards to lifted (or not) sanctions. Arguably, it doesn't technically need explanation, but it would be good practice for UEFA to do so.

I can see how there's a case that clubs and UEFA might not want the world to know, but that's just against all they claim to be standing for with regards to FFP.

I don't think UEFA want our position to be spelled out clearly.
Frankly , I am inclined to believe that whatever our commercial success in terms of passing FFP , the "powers that be" want a certain amount of water to remain muddied , so that the narrative of City cheating and lying and being financed out of the Sheik's pockets , can be perpetuated irrespective of the facts , which nobody reads or understands anyway.
They want a level of doubt and suspicion to remain, so that fingers can always be pointed.

 

[kiam06]

Good article from Stuart Brennan

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[skyblue1894]

Good article from Stuart Brennan

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Maybe Inter could find an easy way to comply... Get YaYa on the payroll.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

fcuk UEFA, Platini and the gobshite Gill who have tried and ultimately failed to restrict our club.

Until UEFA actually implement FFP for what it should be targeting (i.e. clubs living on massive debt) like Madrid, and that scum club over at old toilet then it will remain a laughing stock. But that will never happen to the cartel mafia

Soriano has done a great job and we on course to becoming self sufficient - FCUK YOU UEFA

CTID

 

[cleavers]

Good article from Stuart Brennan

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For those (like me) who don't want to click the link, and give 0.0001p to the MEN.

Manchester City fans have long wondered whether UEFA’s financial fair play rules are, in any way, fair.

And seeing the latest round of punishments handed out to ten clubs who broke the rules, they might wonder if the European governing body is simply taking the mickey.

City were punished heavily last season after they exceeded the limits imposed on their losses for 2011-12 and 2012-13.

The Blues were hit with a £49m fine, a £49m cap on transfer spending, and a reduction in their Champions League squad size from 25 to 21.

Manuel Pellegrini has referred to the punishment as a factor in City’s poor season, as they were blown out of the water in the transfer market by Chelsea and United.

But the latest round of punishments will fuel the sense of injustice surrounding the whole FFP circus, which has clearly been engineered to preserve the status quo in terms of European power, rather than force clubs into better practices.

Inter, who last summer took out a whopping £165million loan to pay off their existing debts, have been hit hardest in the latest round – they have, like City, had their squad for European competition reduced to 21.

The only problem is that Inter have not qualified for European competition next season, and the squad numbers will rise to 22 the following season, and be back to the normal 25 the season after.

In other words, that “punishment” is unlikely to affect them at all. It is akin to banning a blind man from driving – utterly pointless.

And then there is their fine. Inter have been given a £14m penalty, and they will get £10m of that back if they comply with FFP in the next two seasons.

The fines handed out to Monaco (£9m), Roma (£4.5m), Besiktas (£4m) Lokomotiv Moscow (£3.5m), Krasnodar (£3m) ad Sporting Lisbon (£1.4m) are trifling.

Uefa say the level of fine depends on the scale of the breach – in others words, City’s losses were much higher than the losses of this year’s guilty clubs. They say they cannot discuss the figures involved due to confidentiality.

But it totally ignores the size and direction of debt – City demonstrated last year that their debt had been massively cut and they were heading for profit, which they expect to achieve this year.

Inter are still in enormous debt, as are Manchester United, and yet that is ignored.

The good news for City is that they are expected to have their sanctions lifted for next season after cutting their losses to £23million last year, keeping them within the limits – although neither the club nor Uefa has confirmed that as yet.