PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[The Stockport Iniesta]

The Premier League cant act outside the laws of the land surely…??

No chance mate.

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

Good luck in your press conference tomorrow Pep. Don't take any crap. Keep your eye on the ball and talk about the football. City will persevere and will be stronger for it. God's speed Pep.

 

[blue is best]

micah doesn’t have the intelligence to respond in that way, he’ll just laugh & say something daft, it’s a shame we could do with some switched on former players on Sly sports who could counter the rubbish spitty spouts, bring back Buzzer

Vinny would wipe the fucking floor with spitty.

 

[nmc]

Highly unlikely as it's taken four years of investigation to get to this point.

You’d assume so but, what if the PL have turned up little of substance but the hateful eight won’t take no for an answer and are demanding shit is thrown?

 

[Indaparkside]

Take a Butcher's at Big Steve @ 19 mins.

He’s bang on well done

 

[not my fault!]

I think that's significantly more likely. Having announced that it will go to an independent panel, the idea it doesn't make it that far seems remote. As has already been stated, if we were going to use diplomatic pressure then wouldn't it have been used long before now?

Suggesting they may not invest in the U.K. when nothings actually been agreed or signed is pretty much a none existent threat, they can’t lose what they don't have and spoken words mean fuck all.
However, now a deals been signed to invest and that investment is very much a real entity, it’s far more powerful to use it as a threat to suggest said deal may now publicly collapse.
The government have had the deal in the media, it’s out there, to then have a statement from the UAE stating their displeasure at being called cheats, liars, tax frauds etc etc so the deals in jeopardy is so much more of an impact than threatening to pull out pre any PL charges were announced.
Regardless of if the owners have had a word, the government will be twitchy and watching this intently. I’d also be surprised if they hadn’t already contacted the PL as an FYI.

 

[daveoswald]

Personally think the people who own and run the club have always conducted themselves with the upmost propriety and we will be exonerated at an independent hearing. Added to that the economic, security, trade and Royal family friendships, between the UAE and the UK might be influential in any decision. Realpolitik.

 

[Sergio16]

Those two posts are very closely connected I reckon. A quiet word from Sheikh Mohammed and it all goes away. We'll see where the power really is.

@projectriver do you have any thoughts on this?

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Fuckin’ hell, is this still being talked about?

So yesterday.

 

[nmc]

Those two posts are very closely connected I reckon. A quiet word from Sheikh Mohammed and it all goes away. We'll see where the power really is.

Perhaps there’s a third element…. The PL agree to drop this shit show at the PMs request but get some concessions re the Independent Regulator ?