It's more than 4 years since all this nonsense got us all in a lather and what these (unverified) leaks show is that no-one wishes to reopen this subject. In 2014 City's owners were convinced they had a strong case and were prepared to go to court. In the end they agreed a settlement with UEFA, in my opinion because their experience outside football had led them to believe that confrontation and conflict are not the best ways of growing a business if they can be avoided, especially over issues that have ceased to be problematical. I think UEFA were desperate for a settlement because they were on very dodgy legal ground (quicksand?!) if it went to court, and the consequences of any court case could be disastrous whatever the verdict (and UEFA's history with the courts is not a happy one). They needed to save face, and now there is no reason at all why they should re-open pandora's box. UEFA was pushed into FFP by a group of clubs whose fingerprints are all over it. The question of conflict of interest throws terminal doubt over the impartial and objective nature of the rules. As Martin Samuel points out in his latest article, the ludicrously uncompetitive nature of the German, Italian, Greek etc etc etc leagues shows that it was a blunt instrument for keeping football competitive and that its true intention was the opposite. And Khaldoon's assertion that in ten years City would have shown that their business model was more successful than UEFA's has been demonstrated in less than 5! UEFA would be mad to reopen an issue of which the least damaging result would be to make them look very stupid, especially as City have gone out of their way to smooth UEFA's feathers. A load of disgruntled and ill intentioned Germans shouldn't be allowed to ruffle them again.
