Media Thread 2020/21

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Excuse my french but that Athletic article is a croc of shite.

10k payment made 9 years ago, and it’s like the end of the world is coming down. City completely deny the claim and the dad went to a couple of scouting training sessions anyway. even if they didn’t this sort of thing has been going on for years at every club so who really gives a fuck.

just invites loads of moronic fans to pile on in with the cheaters line and all that rubbish.

The athletic are turning in to a tabloid trashy clickbait rubbish, at the start I really enjoyed the articles.

That’s the idea keep the negative articles the narrative that city cheat lie and are state owned! Eventual when we are the biggest team in the world maybe in 10 20 years and half these who are on the payroll of the history clubs and the Bayern’s Madrid’s Barceloners are pensioned off of dead the narrative will change. City playing the very very long game.
 
just bin the BBC, it s total crap. even on sports page an article about Iran/USA footie game from 20 years back.....under the headline ...

"they threathened to blow up our plane" with a pic of Iranians. The story showed it was just bullshit from the American side.

Now story has been up on the sports page for 3 months now!!!?
 


Nobody seen this ?

EXCLUSIVE Man City accused of attempting to induce Brazilian teenager to play for club by creating “fake” scouting job for his dad

Gabriel Fernando Almeida's father received around £1k/month from Sept 2011-June 2012

#MCFC “refute any wrongdoing"

https://theathletic.com/2198709/?source=twitteruk


Yes, reference was first made to it on page 707.
I've read it, and my first thought is why now, although others have probably answered that - also what's the motivation of the father, and what's he looking to get out of it?
 
Yes, reference was first made to it on page 707.
I've read it, and my first thought is why now, although others have probably answered that - also what's the motivation of the father, and what's he looking to get out of it?

Apparently all lies and city will do nowt. If it’s 8 years ago.

Comes as no surprise a story like this comes out whilst we are playing better
 


Nobody seen this ?

EXCLUSIVE Man City accused of attempting to induce Brazilian teenager to play for club by creating “fake” scouting job for his dad

Gabriel Fernando Almeida's father received around £1k/month from Sept 2011-June 2012

#MCFC “refute any wrongdoing"

https://theathletic.com/2198709/?source=twitteruk


This is the only relevant part of the article.

The i newspaper subsequently reported that Chelsea were set to escape any potential sanction because, in November 2015, the Premier League agreed an amnesty with clubs. During this time, if clubs admitted to breaking rules around signing players aged between 12 and 16, they would be given a free pass, so the league could then use the information to inform new policies, which came into force in the 2016-17 season. Chelsea were reported to have declared their payments to Christiansen’s father as part of the amnesty.
There was an amnesty. I would imagine City were sensible enough to use it.

If so, case closed. If we didn't use the amnesty then the club has fucked up and deserve what they get.
 
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