Zabbasbeard said:
BlueDejong said:
He is right. But it has been apparent FROM DAY ONE that this is all about the cartel. Where were these journos then?
At least they can see this is totally wrong now.
Exactly right, which is why I marvel that this seems to have come as a surprise to many on here.
Right from the word go, Platini mentioned City (and City alone) in just about every speech relating to FFP, a practice which ceased some 6 to 12 months ago presumably only as the result of UEFA's own lawyers intervening to prevent their case from becoming compromised.
Every aspect of FFP is a carefully orchestrated charade, complete with moving goalposts and false promises, all at the behest of the cartel, but I think many City fans are being extremely naive if they think victory in Court is either a) guaranteed or b) likely to result in UEFA finally playing ball.
If I had to make a couple of predictions they would be that if we go to the Court of Arbritration we will be given a Champions League ban, something that UEFA both wants and is trying to goad us into, as they can't hit us with such a punishment initially without lamping PSG with the same hammer. If we then go all the way through to the law Courts and win, they will either simply exclude us from future European competitions (they're invite only remember), or redraft their own qualifying criteria to the same effect.
Rummenigge, Gill and all the rest of those horrible bent cunts want us nobbled. The CL squad limitation clause will do that without a shadow of doubt. We need to refresh our squad with Europe's finest over the next 3 years (Silva, Ya Ya, Dzeko, Kompers are all 28+), but won't be able to do so. They know we can't accept that clause, and, unlike most posters, I don't expect a compromise to be reached. Remember who lies behind the concept of FFP and what their motivation is. No matter how shamelessly they have to behave, they will do what is necessary to achieve their goals.
Oh, and if we do pursue the matter further, don't expect Everton to be the recipient of our vacated CL spot. Unprecedented situation......short notice.......felt it best to issue an invite to.......?! There's too many people on here thinking like decent, fair minded human beings. That's not who or what we're dealing with. Money talks
