I was of the thinking it was Fifa before the court not us. Any punishment Fifa may decide to pass down if found against would be contested and appealed, not going to have any effect this window.So, as their have been no signings for weeks, it would seem that City are very sure that they won't lose the Court of Abitration for Sport next week.
Seeing how well the club did for drugs testing and youth transfers I wouldn't bet on anything to be honest.
It is, and FIFA cleared us of any wrong-doing, so how they could possibly try and pass any punishment down to us, is unthinkable.I was of the thinking it was Fifa before the court not us. Any punishment Fifa may decide to pass down if found against would be contested and appealed, not going to have any effect this window.
City Watch just tweeted something from Goal saying that City are lining up a big-money move for a centre back in a deal that is shrouded in secrecy. Sorry, can't copy from twitter at work.
Phil Jones?City Watch just tweeted something from Goal saying that City are lining up a big-money move for a centre back in a deal that is shrouded in secrecy. Sorry, can't copy from twitter at work.
City Watch just tweeted something from Goal saying that City are lining up a big-money move for a centre back in a deal that is shrouded in secrecy. Sorry, can't copy from twitter at work.
It is, and FIFA cleared us of any wrong-doing, so how they could possibly try and pass any punishment down to us, is unthinkable.
It is also not beyond belief that FIFA would change or ignore their own rules and punish us no matter what. Just think back on the FFP screwing we got, despite having followed all the rules all the time. I know UEFA is not the same as FIFA, but informally they are all crooks in my book. I wont be feeling well about this case until it is well and truly buried. In fact I am not sure why we have let it go as far as CAS at all. Why not just pay the bastards and completely avoid the risk of punishment?No, it's not.
FIFA read their rules and make a judgement based on those rules that we didn't break any.
But if Velez go to CAS and say that interpretation of the rules is wrong, and CAS rules in our favour, then we did break rules, even if FIFA said we didn't, and even if FIFA told us it was OK.
Put simply, CAS can tell FIFA their intepretation of their own rules is incorrect, or that their rule is illegal, or that their rule violates another rule.
And then, FIFA would have to punish us as if we'd jut broken the rules despite us running it through FIFA originally.
Which we'd undoubtedly appeal. and it would be a good few years before things got worked out.
No, it's not.
FIFA read their rules and make a judgement based on those rules that we didn't break any.
But if Velez go to CAS and say that interpretation of the rules is wrong, and CAS rules in our favour, then we did break rules, even if FIFA said we didn't, and even if FIFA told us it was OK.
Put simply, CAS can tell FIFA their intepretation of their own rules is incorrect, or that their rule is illegal, or that their rule violates another rule.
And then, FIFA would have to punish us as if we'd jut broken the rules despite us running it through FIFA originally.
Which we'd undoubtedly appeal. and it would be a good few years before things got worked out.
City Watch just tweeted something from Goal saying that City are lining up a big-money move for a centre back in a deal that is shrouded in secrecy. Sorry, can't copy from twitter at work.
Only if we didn't check with FIFA.
We can't be held accountable for a football governing body applying a rule incorrectly. It would be their fault, not ours. It would be them banning us from transfers, for breaking a rule they told us we weren't breaking.
We could lose the player, but FIFA couldn't give us a transfer ban.
That article just looked like click bait, to be honest. No journalist has even put their name to it.
I would think HH would have a field day along with his lawyers if we somehow became embroiled in a sanction thrown at us.Only if we didn't check with FIFA.
We can't be held accountable for a football governing body applying a rule incorrectly. It would be their fault, not ours. It would be them banning us from transfers, for breaking a rule they told us we weren't breaking.
We could lose the player, but FIFA couldn't give us a transfer ban.
No that's not true.
We can be punished despite clearing it with FIFA if CAS decides that FIFA's advice was wrong.
They wouldn't have to punish us, they might, but they also might decide we had broken rules after due diligence if any rules were broken, and no punishment was appropriate. I'm sure they have put a defence forward to CAS that says they don't believe any rules were broken, after that it's difficult to justify punishing us when they have claimed themselves no rules were broken.No, it's not.
FIFA read their rules and make a judgement based on those rules that we didn't break any.
But if Velez go to CAS and say that interpretation of the rules is wrong, and CAS rules in our favour, then we did break rules, even if FIFA said we didn't, and even if FIFA told us it was OK.
Put simply, CAS can tell FIFA their intepretation of their own rules is incorrect, or that their rule is illegal, or that their rule violates another rule.
And then, FIFA would have to punish us as if we'd jut broken the rules despite us running it through FIFA originally.
Which we'd undoubtedly appeal. and it would be a good few years before things got worked out.
I would think HH would have a field day along with his lawyers if we somehow became embroiled in a sanction thrown at us.
I would think HH would have a field day along with his lawyers if we somehow became embroiled in a sanction thrown at us.
This reminds me of the author who answered a-level essay on his own book for his son and the teacher disagreed with his interpretation of his own book. The world is barking madNo, it's not.
FIFA read their rules and make a judgement based on those rules that we didn't break any.
But if Velez go to CAS and say that interpretation of the rules is wrong, and CAS rules in our favour, then we did break rules, even if FIFA said we didn't, and even if FIFA told us it was OK.
Put simply, CAS can tell FIFA their intepretation of their own rules is incorrect, or that their rule is illegal, or that their rule violates another rule.
And then, FIFA would have to punish us as if we'd jut broken the rules despite us running it through FIFA originally.
Which we'd undoubtedly appeal. and it would be a good few years before things got worked out.