Football Leaks/Der Spiegel articles

[blueyorkie]

That's my guess. They'd be paying it through an intermediary or an account in Panama though. And opaque though that may seem it wouldn't take long for the true origin to become apparent.

A CERTAIN CLUB IN THE SOUTH OF GERMANY LOOKS FAVOURITE FOR THAT ACCOLADE

 

[blueyorkie]

Every hour, on the hour.

Stop acting out your fantasies Colin

 

[Gordyola]

De spiegel have an article on the extradition of Rui Pinto, they're scared that the Portuguese authorities will destroy all the stolen documents as he tried extortion before becoming a whistle blower

So all that lovely evidence gone....

I wonder if the influence of a nation state to another may have an influence on this?

 

[Gordyola]

We’re in trouble I fear. Along with potentially many others. The FFP rules were crafted to maintain the old cartel and that forced clubs like us to bend the rules. They needed breaking and they need to go but if people at the club were dumb enough to put all this in unencrypted emails then my guess is a transfer ban and squad size penalties are on the way.

In this day and age for the club and the wider business not to be using encryption is pretty dumb.

Any attempt by UEFA to re-punish us will be met with a injunction that will tie them up for years The early leaks indicated the HH was prepared to take this course, but an agreement was reached and in the Chairman's words we "took a pinch" There will be no more pinching

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Stop acting out your fantasies Colin

Think you’re getting this hacker mixed up with Nick Harris Ian.

 

[aguero93:20]

Think you’re getting this hacker mixed up with Nick Harris Ian.

Surely in a place as wealthy as the UAE, they could manage the red hot poker treatment for both? They could even share the poker.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Surely in a place as wealthy as the UAE, they could manage the red hot poker treatment for both? They could even share the poker.

One on the hour, the other on the half-hour. Works for me.

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

Anybody know what page number these latest leaks are on. Much appreciated ta! I’ve already trailed the thread with no luck. I

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Yes, but didn’t they find us guilty of such ‘dishonesty’? And punish us?

No, they found us guilty of failing FFP and fined us accordingly. However, the issue now is that they made that original decision based on the assumption that Etihad, Aabar et al, were “legitimate” (for want of a better word) sponsors fronting up their own money, when in fact about 4/5ths of that sponsorship money was being covered by His Highness. The argument is that had they had been aware of this, they would have hit us with a different (and presumably more draconian) punishment.

This ends one way now. I have no doubt that the intention is to ban us - and for a lot longer than a year - but the decision to make that move rests on whether they then think they have the law on their side when it comes to FFP, because City would unquestionably then challenge its legality and make a suitably eye watering claim for damages. Ball’s in their court (no pun intended). I just hope that we have been as devious as they have in terms of “obtaining” incriminating evidence.....

 

[blueyorkie]

Think you’re getting this hacker mixed up with Nick Harris Ian.

Watched your chat with Jonathan Northcroft this morning, are you up to play the next Bond Villain? That leather chair and I presume a white cat on your knee HMMMM!