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

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

It's why I said they should only be sweating. However, depending on how far the Premier League want to cut the likes of Newcastle and City now off at the knees, there are significant alliances and commercial leverages to fight back with.

I don't think Arsenal/Emirates should be sweating in the slightest - there is absolutely no reason for them to do so.

I used to think the Dubai and Abu Dhabi relationship would hold some sway with our FFP disputes. Yet, Arsenal have always been at the forefront of do anything they can to hold us back so I'm not sure it is really relevant.

City will just swat all this away. We are too entrenched in the system and deep down they like our money.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Not what was stated and shared on here at the time of tribunal? I recall us accepting Etihad as a related party for a particular reason.

CAS Ruling

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

You don't believe that some clubs are more equal than others?

We only have to see the power certain clubs wield within the Premier League.

I believe that 1 club is more equal than the rest. Us.
We are light years ahead of them all.

 

[abu13]

I can see Saudi Telecom at United being pulled this week.

And it would be put out that the Rags chose to end the agreement in a moral stance.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Dont United have a sponsorship deal with a company that sponsors well over what they earn (or only exist on paper) - pretty sure i saw Rabin post something on it awhile ago.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

And it would be put out that the Rags chose to end the agreement in a moral stance.

rags don't understand the meaning of moral - just like the dippers

 

[blue ranger]

I don't think Arsenal/Emirates should be sweating in the slightest - there is absolutely no reason for them to do so.

I used to think the Dubai and Abu Dhabi relationship would hold some sway with our FFP disputes. Yet, Arsenal have always been at the forefront of do anything they can to hold us back so I'm not sure it is really relevant.

City will just swat all this away. We are too entrenched in the system and deep down they like our money.

Totally agree. We have seen nothing to support this view over the last 10 years.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I don't think Arsenal/Emirates should be sweating in the slightest - there is absolutely no reason for them to do so.

I used to think the Dubai and Abu Dhabi relationship would hold some sway with our FFP disputes. Yet, Arsenal have always been at the forefront of do anything they can to hold us back so I'm not sure it is really relevant.

City will just swat all this away. We are too entrenched in the system and deep down they like our money.

Good point about Arsenal, although I think the more the Premier League change the rules to see fit, there will inevitably be bedfellows on the other side, namely Saudi and the UAE, who have tremendous influence on commercial deals, should they require a nuclear option.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I don't think they can touch it, as already appraised as a related party and at market value.

Etihad is not a related party, as per City, our auditors and CAS. There's absolutely no connection between our owner and Etihad, apart from Sheikh Mansour being a member of the Abu Dhabi ruling family. That's not enough.

Prince Charles sold off his Duchy Originals brand but if they had sponsored Cheltenham Town while he owned it, would that make Cheltenham state-sponsored? Of course it wouldn't.

We even have an Etihad non-exec on our board and that's not even enough to make them a related party.

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

City, Chelsea and Newcastle v Man U, Liverpool, Arse. Real money v debt.

All sounds a bit fairer now. Won’t be so easy for the history clubs to push through their agenda, as new alliances are formed.